From: "Suraj N. Kurapati" <skurapat@...>
Date: 2006-09-19T20:00:25+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby-IXP 1.0.2

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Mauricio Fernandez wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:03:23AM +0900, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote:
>> = Version 1.0.2 (2006-09-18)
> [...] 
>> == Summary
>>
>> This release fixes major stability issues and improves performance.
> 
> This is great news. I've recently (last Sat., just before you started to
> release on a nearly daily basis ;) hacked ruby-wmii to use Ruby-IXP, and was
> experiencing some stability problems: 

:-)

> it was reporting lots of unexpected packets

Yeah, this was due to lack of buffering. Consequently, one couldn't
always process data read from /event without data loss.

> and wmiiwm would lock once a day in a write(2) call in
> ixp_send_message.

Indeed. However, Ruby-IXP 1.0.2 has its own problems (thread
deadlock) that distracts from the real cause of the wmii lock-up.

But with Ruby-IXP 1.0.3, I think I have narrowed down the problem to
wmii's libixp itself.
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