Re: Processed: Reassigning GTK related bugs

[Attilio Fiandrotti <fiandro@tiscalinet.it>]

Eugeniy Meshcheryakov wrote:
> 18 серпня 2005 о 18:39 +0200 Attilio Fiandrotti написав(-ла):
>
> > > Bug#322381: cdebconf: gtk frontend should repaint itself when needed
> >
> >
> > i suspect this relates to the gtk system and not to the gtk fe; don't 
> > know if anything can be done about
>
> No, it is bug in gtk fe. It should always process events, even if it
> waits for data from cdebconf (like next command), it should not just
> wait as other frontends can do. This may require making several
> processes or threads (one for drawing windows, one for comunication with
> cdebconf). 

about this bug: i found this old bugreport which seems very similar

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=192925;archive=yes

it's about problems encountered in implementing threads in GTK frontend: 
if would be interesting if sebastian ley could tell us more about the 
problems he encountered.

ciao

attilio