Window list applet freezes vertical gnome panel when more than 7 windows are opened at once.

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Window list applet freezes vertical gnome panel when more than 7 windows are opened at once.

Ubuntu version: 8.10
Package version: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2.1 (AFAIR, problem existed with earlier versions too)

repro:
1. Make gnome-panel vertical.
2. Have window list applet on it.
3. Open more than 7 windows.

current result:
Whole panel freezes and eats processor.

expected result:
Window list applet should neither freeze panel nor eat processor.

in case of freeze:
1. Close few windows, so there are 7 o less opened.
2. Kill panel process, so it will be restarted without freeze.
If step one is not done, the panel will restart back into freeze and still will eat processor.

to prevent freeze:
Use window menu applet instead of window list applet or do not open more than 7 windows at once.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 187540, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[mike (donotaskwhoiam)]

a person have posted a perfect patch here, and we tested it already: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=968901

would you please consider to just add it to the standard version so users do not need to fix this bug on their own?

it is a really long-standing bug. i am a little bit disappointed, to be honest.