GNU bug report logs - #26952
25.2; repeated buffer insertion (e.g. yank-rectangle) consumes excessive memory (4GB+ for 90MB of text)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Francesco Potortì <pot <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 14:55:01 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 27498, 31092, 38629

Found in versions 25.1, 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jwiegley <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net, 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26952: 25.1; loops eating all memory while yanking big rectangle
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 23:57:01 -0700

Glenn Morris wrote:
> I have the feeling (not
> backed up by any data) that pretest use is declining, with people just
> using master or releases

Is there an easy way to tell which fraction of bug reports come from pretests vs 
master vs releases? That might provide some data for how useful pretests etc. 
are, for shaking out bugs.
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