[Konsole-devel] [Bug 184964] Konsole crash taking down ALL Konsole instances

[Robert Knight]

> But I hope you would entertain
> patches at a future date, say, if I wanted to split konsole into using a
> process-per-tab model and did a large chunk (i.e. more than half) of the
> work.

Absolutely - though I would always suggest putting together a quick
prototype first to avoid spending a long time pursuing path which
someone else might spot a fundamental problem with.  As I'm sure
you've experienced, running code, even if pretty rough, can often be
much more persuasive than a long mailing list thread.

Regards,
Robert.

2009/6/12 Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net>:
> Robert Knight wrote:
>> Given that this discussion is happening in a legitimate bug report about a
>> crash in Konsole - that is obviously not true.
>
> So let's take it off the bug report ;-). It's drifted well off-topic anyway.
>
>> What I am saying is that if Konsole is perceived to have a stability problem
>> then I would first address it via less drastic means - like better testing.
>
> Again, I don't disagree per-se. However...
>
>> I agree with the basic goal of containing the damage done by a bug from the
>> user's point of view and yes I take your point that a multi-process model would
>> help. However, I do not think that it is the most time-effective way to
>> improve stability right now.
>
> ...I'm not sure I agree with this. Of course it's your time, and I'm not
> going to demand you make changes :-). But I hope you would entertain
> patches at a future date, say, if I wanted to split konsole into using a
> process-per-tab model and did a large chunk (i.e. more than half) of the
> work.
>
> I also think it might be more worthwhile for testing and for people like
> me that run trunk, where stability problems can occur more often simply
> as the result of a bad build (i.e. checking out an svn version with a
> known bug).
>
> --
> Matthew
> Please do not quote my e-mail address unobfuscated in message bodies.
> --
> This is a big deal, because now some tiny minority has lobbied for
> changes that end up hurting everyone else.
> Yeah, I know. Par for the course. I hate the American government.
> Actually, I was talking about X.org...
>
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