2017-11-27 9:20 GMT+01:00 Tudor Girba <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > There are recurrent reports that Pharo is crashing often. > > However, at the moment I believe the reasons are not clarified. So, this > mail is not about fixing the issues, but first about clarifying what they > are. > > Namely: > > - I know about the typing problem on MacOS (Sierra or High Sierra). I > encounter this problem daily (literally), and I know that I am not the only > one. For example, this can occur when I type “classs” fast and then delete > the last character. It is documented here: > https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/141 > > - Some people talk about the FreeType problem, but I could not find a > place where this is described. So, while this might be a problem, I am not > sure that this problem is actually causing crashes. > > So, first question: > - is Pharo crashing on another system than MacOS Sierra or HighSierra? >
Yes. On Linux (Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.04), 64bits Pharo segfaults if you use either the stable or the latest vm from get.pharo.org. > - how does the FreeType problem look like? > ? It doesn't seems to be related. Regards, Thierry > > Cheers, > Doru > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > www.feenk.com > > "Beauty is where we see it." > > > > > >
