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olovram

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Registered: 2008-10-10

Posts: 110

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

having the same problem here

eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

well, considering this problem has been around for some time with no apparent fix, ive decided to go to the pidgin homepage and try to track this bug somewhere....i got overwhelmed with the ammount of open bugs this piece of crapware has: http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/OpenBugs

and that just lists acknowledged bugs

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

Many of these bugs are from older versions:

#2655  Mobile Device Group Appearance + old groups resurrected after 2.1.1
#2862   Pidgin 2.1.1 randomly quits on SLED10 SP1

What they need is a good bugs database clean up. Besides, I don't think that judging the quality by its number os bugs is a good idea. At the moment, Arch has 645 open bugs, and it's not a crappy distro.

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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

Many of these bugs are from older versions:

#2655  Mobile Device Group Appearance + old groups resurrected after 2.1.1
#2862   Pidgin 2.1.1 randomly quits on SLED10 SP1

What they need is a good bugs database clean up. Besides, I don't think that judging the quality by its number os bugs is a good idea. At the moment, Arch has 645 open bugs, and it's not a crappy distro.

i didnt notice that, yes, a good bug database would mean it easier bug tracking / fixing

and please, lets not compare arch which is a full blown distro vs a puny im client which seems to alienate its users with every new release. too bad there isnt a better alternative, im waiting for epiphany to catch up...

stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

apparantly 2.5.6 holds a fix... currently, however, developer.pidgin.im seems to be down.

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stefanwilkens

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From: Enschede, the Netherlands

Registered: 2008-12-10

Posts: 624

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

2.5.6 just hit the repos, no crash so far. It's looking good.

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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

Posts: 1,029

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

ive been using it for over a week and it stopped crashing. the high cpu usage issue has been fixed too

zodmaner

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Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 653

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

Looks good here too. I've been using it for the last couple of hours and no high CPU usage yet (finally!).

Last edited by zodmaner (2009-05-25 16:19:57)

s3kt0r

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Registered: 2009-01-20

Posts: 208

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

These last posts are good news then, thanks for posting.
I'll give 2.5.6 a try.

Last edited by s3kt0r (2009-05-25 19:04:11)

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jordz

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Registered: 2006-02-01

Posts: 248

Re: Pidgin 2.5.5 crashing very frequently

This patch fixes a race condition when using the msn protocol, I worked with 2.5.5, it's put in 2.5.6, see ChangeLog