Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] 0.12.2

[Chris Tooley <chris tooley com>]

On Tue, 2001-12-04 at 09:37, Christian Rose wrote:
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> > It seems that I was not ending some of the g_strconcat functions by a
> > NULL statement.
> > 
> > That was what triggered the bug with gcc 2.96 only and with -mcpu=i686
> > only.
> > 
> > If somebody has an explanation for that, he is welcome.
> > I feel stupid because of that silly bug.
> 
> Oh, don't. These things happen.
> But it's nice to know that it was a problem with the code. Hopefully,
> that will make the "gcc 2.96 is bad" FUD trolls shut up for a moment,
> and we can use the mailing list bandwidth for more serious discussions.
> 
It wasn't meant to be a troll, but I do apologize.  I do stand behind
most of what I said though (the part I found more important).  I've
found building with i686 in general worse for those poor people running
on 486's, and yes, I do have a 486 at home that I've been known to use
Gnomemeeting on, and no it won't run properly.

Thanks for fixing though, and don't feel bad.  I'm actually glad to see
the open source model shine once again.  A bug was found, the author was
notified, the bug was resolved, new packages on the way.  You won't see
that nearly as often in closed sourced situations.

> 
> > Anyway, 0.12.2 will be out soon fixing that bug (was not a packaging
> > problem), a problem of video communication with Netmeeting, and fixing a
> > KDE bug (KDE kills the window instead of closing it, I don't know why).
> 
> I have a similar problem -- if I use the Sawfish's close button with
> 0.12, I get:
> 
>   Gtk-WARNING **: invalid class type `(unknown)' in cast to
> `GnomeAppBar'
> 
>   GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: file gnome-appbar.c: line 570
> (gnome_appbar_push):
>   assertion `GNOME_IS_APPBAR(appbar)' failed.
> 
>   Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from `(unknown)' to `GtkObject'
> 
>   Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkobject.c: line 1080 (gtk_object_get_data):
>   assertion `GTK_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed.
> 
> ...on the console, and gnomemeeting crashes with a segmentation fault.
> I reported this as http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66156.
> 
> 
> > I think that bugs in releases is normal, but I am disappointed by the
> > aggressivity that took place in that mailing list in consequence. The
> > 0.12 release should have been an happy event, but apparently, it wasn't
> > :-(
> 
> It was. Every release is a happy event. But these things happen.
> Sometimes there are critical bugs that warrants a new release soonish.
> Rinse, repeat. That's life :-)
> Don't worry too much about it. Also, never forget that the people on the
> mailing list aren't necessarily representative for the majority of GM
> users -- we don't know that. So don't worry too much about complaints.
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
> 
> PS. There is also another bug (with the splash window) that I reported,
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66158. DS.
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