bug#36100: Jami leaks memory

[Ludovic Courtès]

sirgazil <address@hidden> skribis:

> ---- On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:15:36 -0500 Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> 
> wrote ----
>
>  > Hi sirgazil, 
>  >  
>  > sirgazil <address@hidden> skribis: 
>  >  
>  > > When I run Jami in the GNU system installed with Guix, I see that its 
> process called ".gnome-ring-rea" starts using around 36 MiB, but then 
> increases over time at slow pace. After some hours, I notice it reaches 1 GiB 
> of memory usage. I have to finalize the process to release memory. 
>  >  
>  > Do you think it’s a Guix-specific issue? 
>  >  
>  > I would expect it to not be Guix-specific.  Could you report the issue 
>  > upstream? 
>
>
> Oh, I think one of my messages about this issue didn't arrived. The leak in 
> the version available in Guix is known and fixed upstream.

Nice.  Should we apply their patch, or upgrade our package?

> I thought that maybe this bug report could be used as a reminder to update 
> the package definition of Jami in Guix to a version that fixes the leak?

I think it’s better if the bug report is actionable.

Thanks,
Ludo’.