Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] 0.12.2

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

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.


> 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.