Bump glib to 2.69.0? #9154
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backporting the patch is definitely preferred. 2.69 is just a development release |
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We were building it to add the patch glib!2020, but it has now been backported in MSYS2 package: msys2/MINGW-packages#9154 This was about the most infamous bug #913 for very slow file dialogs on Windows when some drives are disconnected, or with slow/non-accessible network drives or even fake floppy drives created in the Bios. Similarly we also wanted glib!2205 and glib!2210 for bug #6780 about GIMP crashing unexpectedly when images are opened in other (apparently unrelated applications). I had not updated our build scripts yet, but anyway, it got backport to the MSYS2 package first, then even to GLib 2.68.4 which has been recently released (and bumped in MSYS2 as well). See: msys2/MINGW-packages#9283 So let's rely again on MSYS2 package!
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Hi!
Just a small report to raise attention to the existence of glib 2.69.0.
This version brings a huuuge improvement in glib for Windows, which is getting rid of some usage of win32 API which could make an application hang for a long time (I am talking up to minutes, if not a dozen of minutes, according to what some people reported in GIMP, when opening file dialogs).
The corresponding fix is in 2.69.0 but not in any 2.68.x.
Alternatively (if for some reason 2.69.0 brings issues), you can build 2.68.x with patches from https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2020
It's fine too!
Thanks. 🙂
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