[Pidgin] #2561: Log viewer -- crippling memory hog

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#2561: Log viewer -- crippling memory hog
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  Reporter:  strategist333  |       Owner:                        
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new                   
  Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:                        
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)   |     Version:  2.1.0                 
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:  memory high log viewer
   Pending:  0              |  
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Comment (by strategist333):

 I did some more investigation. The above bug was first noted in 2.1.0

 In 2.1.1 the bug seems to be more predictable. It seems as if each time
 after a search is performed on a buddy's logs, the memory is not cleared.
 For example, I have 6 MB of text log with a buddy. When I just open log
 viewer, my RAM usage is around 300 MB. Clicking through and viewing all
 the logs is no problem; RAM doesn't increase at all. Once I perform a
 search, the RAM usage jumps to 530 MB. Performing another search runs it
 up to 760 MB (about 230 MB each search). After a search has been done
 though, opening a log takes up an additional 15 MB, meaning that after a
 while of trying to find the log I am looking for, no more memory is
 available, and the application crashes.

 Interestingly, I have only found one buddy whose logs pose this problem.
 It probably has to do with the size of the logs (6 MB in text is a lot of
 characters).

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