Re: firefox-49.0 segfaults frequently

[Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2016, David Brownlee wrote:
> I'm also seeing firefox-49 crash a few times per day (which is better 
> than firefox-47 or -48 managed, -46 was to my recollection rock solid).

Does anyone have a sense of where the instability is coming from and if it 
will continue? I'm a fan of Mozilla in various forms but my confidence is 
a little shaky at this point that they care enough about !Linux operating 
systems that I wouldn't be better served just dropping Firefox like a bad 
habit and forgetting about it's existence. It's the whole "if they won't 
help or listen when we have stability problems, why should we keep pimping 
their wares?" Is it that, or is the situation significantly different or 
more complex?

Ie.. is this a temporary hard-to-find bug, or a trend based on development 
choices ?

> dialog is definitely prettier :) I think I'll be sticking with it. Diff 
> attached - you'll want "PKG_OPTIONS.firefox=gtk3"

Did you happen to notice the difference in RAM usage or any speed 
difference? I'm skeptical that a toolkit upgrade will do anything beyond 
bloat, since that's the norm. I duly note your impression of the 
aesthetics, though.

> I'm also running with official-mozilla-branding and 
> JPEG_DEFAULT=libjpeg-turbo

Ah, that's a nice feature. I've hit a few sites that have converted to 
newer image formats and see some broken image icons lately. I get the 
feeling we'll see more of that to come.

-Swift