[Pidgin] #8304: Pidgin 2.5.4 memory bloat and crash under GTK 2.12

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#8304: Pidgin 2.5.4 memory bloat and crash under GTK 2.12
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     Reporter:  jbo110  |        Type:  defect      
       Status:  new     |   Component:  pidgin (gtk)
      Version:  2.5.4   |    Keywords:              
Launchpad_bug:          |  
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 Due to the same issues described in Ticket #8129, I'm stuck using Pidgin
 2.5.4 with GTK 2.12.12 until a fix is released.

 However, this configuration is resulting in Pidgin becoming incredibly
 bloated in memory consumption, eventually resulting in the program
 reaching critical mass and crashing on libcairo-2.dll

 I can best describe the crash as a sudden visual breakdown of the user
 interface. There is no particularly specific activity that causes the
 crash, it just reaches a point where the program performs a function which
 somehow results in a change of display (either a message sent or received,
 user signing on or off or changing status, or even mousing over a button)
 and the program windows stop regenerating properly, resulting in either a
 distorted user display or windows almost blanked out completely.

 Sometimes functionality remains long enough to send one last message
 before the program fully crashes ... at times taking over five minutes
 between the moment the program is rendered unusable to the time where
 Windows informs it has crashed.

 The Task Manager shows Pidgin's memory usage at the time of crash nearing
 200MB RAM (most recently it was about 168MB).  A freshly started pidgin
 consumes about 27MB.  This is after maybe 18 hours of the program
 continuously running.

 I'm not sure if the memory leak and the crash are associated, but
 considering how much time it takes to generate the RPT file, I'm thinking
 there's a connection.

 I understand this may be marked as "wontfix" since I'm technically using
 an obsolete configuration, but I'd still like the issue made aware since
 I'm still stuck with the problem until the issues with the current GTK are
 fixed.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/8304>
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