Public bug reported: In the current LTS version (2.14.8) of the pidgin instant messenger there is a critical bug that makes it become unresponsive with an infinite loop when a user enters a long text into the text box that makes the text box resize into one with a scroll bar or when the user resizes the message window such that a text already entered becomes too large for it, creating such a scroll bar.
This bug is critical as sending arbitrary amounts of text is a major feature of any messaging program and having it become unresponsive and needing to kill it is unacceptable, especially for long messages that are thus lost before being sent. More information in the original report here and in the duplicate reports: https://issues.imfreedom.org/issue/PIDGIN-17413 I request that the ubuntu package repository for 22.04 (jammy) is updated with pidgin 2.14.9, which fixes this bug. ``` lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Release: 22.04 ``` ``` apt-cache policy pidgin pidgin: Installed: 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: pidgin 1:2.14.8-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon May 23 19:34:04 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (757 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: pidgin UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: pidgin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 jammy third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1975519 Title: Pidgin version 2.14.8 freezes when creating long message or resizing window To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/1975519/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
