Bug#492972: epiphany-extensions: Page Info extension breaks about:config, loading other pages, and prevents epiphany from exiting

[Sam Morris]

On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 13:49 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 30 juillet 2008 à 12:26 +0100, Sam Morris a écrit :
> > Package: epiphany-extensions
> > Version: 2.22.2-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Opening the Page Info extension breaks Epiphany in a variety of
> > interesting ways.
> > 
> > After Page Info has been opened, about:config will load, but it is not
> > possible to change any of the integer or string settings therein. It
> > then becomes impossible to close the about:config tab, or to load *any*
> > other web pages. Finally, even though all windows are closed, epiphany
> > does not exit, it just stays running in the background, not listening to
> > requests to create new windows.
> 
> I can’t reproduce the exact issue, but given the behavior of some chrome
> windows when the extension is enabled, my first guess is a duplicate of
> the infamous #393837.

I tried on my i386 machine and can't reproduce the bug; but on my amd64
system it is absolutely reliable. So perhaps this is an arch-specific
bug.

> 
> Whoever designed Chrome, I hate you. Really.

Yes. :)
> 
-- 
Sam Morris
http://robots.org.uk/

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