Firefox, x86_64, unacceptable memory use

[James Sylvester]

     I am sure that the primary browser for the developing Fedora Core 4
edition is not high on your priority list.  However, if Fedora Core 4
is released with a memory devouring browser, as the current Fedora
Core 4 Firefox is, then the complaints from users, reviewers, and
administrators will be a strong reminder that libraries and
applications have significant importance to all users of the OS.

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 11:36:52AM -0500, James Sylvester wrote:
>       I am sure that the primary browser for the developing Fedora
> Core 4
>  edition is not high on your priority list.  However, if Fedora Core 4
>  is released with a memory devouring browser, as the current Fedora
>  Core 4 Firefox is, then the complaints from users, reviewers, and
>  administrators will be a strong reminder that libraries and
>  applications have significant importance to all users of the OS. 
You should bring this up with the Firefox developers, unless there's a
specific FC bug you can identify.

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[Peter Robinson]

>  >      I am sure that the primary browser for the developing
> Fedora Core 4
>  > edition is not high on your priority list.  However, if Fedora Core 4
>  > is released with a memory devouring browser, as the current Fedora
>  > Core 4 Firefox is, then the complaints from users, reviewers, and
>  > administrators will be a strong reminder that libraries and
>  > applications have significant importance to all users of the OS.
>  
>  You should bring this up with the Firefox developers, unless there's a
>  specific FC bug you can identify. 
I see this with Firefox as well but I see the same behaviour on
Firefox for windows and linux x86 so I don't believe its specificly
the fedora version at fault. Definately one for upstream.

[Rex Dieter]

James Sylvester wrote:
>  if Fedora Core 4
>  is released with a memory devouring browser, as the current Fedora
>  Core 4 Firefox is, then the complaints from users, reviewers, and
>  administrators will be a strong reminder that libraries and
>  applications have significant importance to all users of the OS. 
Perhaps you could provide evidence or a bugzilla report referring to 
firefox's "memory devouring" behavior?

-- Rex