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Netsurf very frequently freezes when editing text (Harfbuzz issue?)

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Message #17 received at 64200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: John Kehayias <john.kehayias <at> protonmail.com>
To: Csepp <raingloom <at> riseup.net>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 64200 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64200: Netsurf very frequently freezes when editing text
 (Harfbuzz issue?)
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 01:08:21 +0000

Dear Csepp,

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM, Csepp wrote:

>
> So, I built Netsurf with --with-latest=harfbuzz, which also affected
> GTK+ and a bunch of other packages along the way, and it worked on my
> first attempt, just needed a stronger machine.
> I copied over the resulting Netsurf to my laptop and have been using it
> all day today, it seems to have shooed that bug away.
> (Don't squash bugs, bugs are good for the ecosystem. They are only a
> problem when they get inside your mainframe and cause a short. UwU)
> BTW there was no log when it caused my system to hang.  I had to reboot
> it with sysrq.  Probably a kernel bug?
>
> So it looks like Harfbuzz can be updated without any problem.

Great, that's good to hear and a nontrivial test too! I'll await
comments on this mesa+friends update branch and plan on including the
harfbuzz update there. Stay tuned...

John

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