Hi Ben! You wrote:
> I've made a few important fixes to avoid zombie processes (an existing > bug) and file descriptor leakage. The new version of this patch is > below. > Unfortunately when I gave this code some serious testing I found a race > condition in xdg-screensaver that can leave child processes hanging > around if the user toggles between pause and play rapidly. There also > seems to be a bug in xprop, which it relies on, that means the > screensaver might not be resumed when we quit. So I can't recommend > this fix at the moment. How severe are these bugs? Looking at #508125 (that is the xdg-screensaver bug you mean, right?), it doesn't look too bad. Also #508126 doesn't look like it should be holding back the release. Would it be ok to apply your patch and fix #508125 and #508126 post-lenny? Bas. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bas Zoetekouw | Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, | |--------------------| The bridall of the earth and skie: | | [email protected] | The dew shall weep thy fall tonight; | +--------------------| For thou must die. | +-----------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
