[Xfce4-commits] [panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin] 01/01: Point user to libgnomecanvas bug and fixed archives in README

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commit 9061aba342455ed1719af8c052d3283239707c95
Author: OmegaPhil <OmegaPhil at startmail.com>
Date:   Fri Nov 28 20:48:05 2014 +0000

    Point user to libgnomecanvas bug and fixed archives in README
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 README |   12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 68a74a9..5779e0d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ compile time, the configure script will detect it and add support for
 monitoring temperatures and fan speeds (if the library is not found,
 the relevant UI is hidden).
 
+libgnomecanvas (which libgnomecanvasmm binds) has a stupid memory leak
+in its paint routine, which I have reported:
+
+My bug: https://github.com/OmegaPhil/hardware-monitor-applet/issues/5
+Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=753621
+GNOME bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729717
+
+In both cases the bug has been ignored. Running the plugin for days will
+gradually cause the RSS to increase without limit - for Debian users I
+have produced fixed i386 and amd64 Debian archives -
+https://github.com/OmegaPhil/libgnomecanvas/tree/pkg
+
 
 Compiling from source
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