From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 03:11:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA29099 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:11:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA29090 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:11:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.10 #1) id 105Srj-000JOb-00; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:10:35 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai cc: Andrew Gordon , current@FreeBSD.ORG, Matthew Dillon Subject: Re: 4.0-Current, netscape halts system In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:46:18 +0100." Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:10:35 +0200 Message-ID: <74560.917435435@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 07:46:18 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > Yer kidding right? A program that _needs_ 100 MB or more? Surely yer > kidding... I haven't seen a program in normal corporate/home use that > justifies the memory usage of 100 MB or more including NetScape's > Navigator/Communicator. You haven't had to provide an ISP-grade news or proxy service yet, have you? :-) Ignoring that comment, since I assume you meant "I haven't seen an end-user application in...", it _is_ conceivable that the way Netscape keeps track of its cache _does_ mean an inevitable requirement for enormous amounts of memory. I still don't think we're getting any closer to the question "Why is Netscape unstable on CURRENT when it worked fine for me on STABLE?" The problem seems to be that those who know enough to offer a useful answer don't seem to be seeing the instability reported. So if this thread isn't going to be dropped, the focus should probably be shifted to "What information should we request from people who have this problem?" Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message