Jabber: Incomplete UTF-8 string causes g_markup_escape_text to crash.

Mitch Davis mjd at afork.com
Tue Jun 9 19:23:52 EDT 2015


Hi Ethan,

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Ethan Blanton <elb at pidgin.im> wrote:
> Mitch Davis spake unto us the following wisdom:
> before it's sent to the log).  Whether it needs an embargo and
> coordinated release depends on what kind of crash it is; someone needs
> to determine that.  (The previously-referenced bug may indicate this.)
> I doubt in any case that it's severe enough to require an immediate
> release (sounds like it can be worked around by turning off logging,
> for example).

Your call.  Personally, I'm tired of Pidgin crashing on reconnect, but
that's my problem not yours.

Mitch.


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