On 29 Sep 2009 John-Mark Bell <j...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 19:14 +0100, Michael Drake wrote: >> In article <cd3479a250.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>, >> Dr Peter Young <pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote: >>> I imagine that this is the fault of what seems to be a thoroughly >>> bloated site rather than of NetSurf, but I'd like an expert opinion, >>> particularly as to whether I should submit a bug report. >> >>> Loading http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/2174?area=GL52 >> >> We have known cache problems at the moment, which causes NetSurf to eat up >> a lot of memory. >> >> In any case, a bug report with sufficient details never does any harm and >> can often do some good. :)
> In this particular case, there is little point in reporting it on the > bug tracker. We already know what the problem is, even if the fix is > decidedly non-trivial. More tickets on the tracker just adds to our > workload when triaging them. > If, however, you encounter NetSurf warning about a lack of memory when > it's using very little (i.e. its main dynamic area is smaller than > 128MB), then we do want such reports please. Loading this page as the first in a NetSurf session produces nine dynamic areas attributed to NetSurf ranging from 268K up to 131040K, so I'm not doing a bug report. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter, \ / zfc Yb \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \/ __ __ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \______________ pnyo...@ormail.co.uk
