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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Message #67 received at 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, John Wiegley <johnw <at> gnu.org>
Cc: pot <at> gnu.org, 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#26952: 25.1; loops eating all memory while yanking big
 rectangle
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 07:01:40 +0300

> Cc: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net, 26952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pot <at> gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 13:20:00 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > even if we cut the branch and start the
> > pretest today, 26.1 is still something like 6 months away, judging by
> > past experience, perhaps even longer.  Do we want to leave that memory
> > problem in 25.2 until then?
> 
> I'd prefer that, yes. It'd be better to get 26 out the door. We don't have the 
> development resources to maintain multiple versions, especially in an area where 
> "Everytime I try to read the configure code for this, I get more confused".

It's not my intent to maintain multiple versions, any more than we do
now.  If 25.3 is released, its status will be like that of 25.2 now.

> In the meantime, people who have the problem in 25.2 can go back to 25.1.

That version had worse problem in the same area, due to ralloc.c and
its implications.

John, what is your take on this?

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