[Kst] Locking and freezes

[George Staikos]

On Friday 14 July 2006 05:32, Nicolas B. wrote:
> Actually, I'm on vacation now but before I leave for good, I just wanted to
> inform you that most freezes are gone after Duncan's fixes (tested

  You mean Eli's fixes?

> yesterday). The levenberg_marquardt plugin still freezes from time to time
> for some reason, we'll have to investigate that more...
> Another thing that happens is when you are working with a lot of
> plots/curves, and change a data file with duplication of all dependents,
> sometimes an update will come in the middle and then kst freezes as well.
> Pausing updates before calling the tool solves the problem, which happens
> only with very large sessions (tens of curves). I don't know whether the
> problem comes from kst or only the datasource, though...

  Sounds like a Kst bug too.  We're working on a new locking scheme which I 
think will be ready today.  Maybe that will help, but we won't merge it into 
trunk yet.

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