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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Crash bugs in KOffice
From:       Alan Horkan <horkana () maths ! tcd ! ie>
Date:       2005-10-18 18:49:45
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.58L0.0510181942290.26365 () bell ! maths ! tcd ! ie
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Martin Ellis wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:43:59 +0100
> From: Martin Ellis <m.a.ellis@ncl.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: For developer's discussion about KOffice <koffice-devel@kde.org>
> To: koffice-devel@kde.org
> Cc: Alan Horkan <horkana@maths.tcd.ie>
> Subject: Re: Crash bugs in KOffice
>
> On Monday 17 Oct 2005 22:38, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > The idea wasn't shouted down as impractical but it was pointed out there
> > would be extra resources required if filters were to be run in a seperate
> > thread.  Without particularly knowing half as much about it as I probalby
> > should I'm suggesteing it again and I'll file a bug report if you think it
> > is worth considering to help improve stability?
>
> I think we talked about a separate process, not a separate thread. :o)

Old misunderstandings rearing their ugly head agian.  Java was one of the
first languages I learnt in any depth.

> (A crash in a thread would still crash the whole app)

(that would suck)

> Alan, I thought you were the one who was worried forking would be too
> expensive?

Like I said I dont know the details but I did know enough to realise
that might be a potential problem and I was hoping someone more
knowledgable might know one way or the other (or somebody might be willing
to try it out).

> Personally, I don't think it would be (although, I have no evidence to base
> that opinion that on, what-so-ever).  It's not like I import so frequently
> that performance is a huge issue.
>
> Someone with clue, please advise.

Yes please, +1

> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

Of course, the big problem remains (at least for kword) -- the contents of
many word files translated to KWord internals make KWord crash. I.e, KWord
cannot display all possible permutations of its own data model without
crashing.


Isn't that a seperate problem though?
Might there be any wider impact on koconverter?

I guess I'll go ahead and file a bug report so we at least have somewhere
to keep track of this discussion.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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