Bug#524117: gnome-panel: Freeze when 8 windows are open when the panel is vertical

[Jerome Robert]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.24.3-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

How to reproduce that bug :

1. Right clic on the default ubuntu bottom panel and click on "properties"
2. Change "Bottom" to "Right" and increase the size to 30 pixels or more ( icons
must appear in the windows list in the gnome-panel when the panel is in the
right of the screen )
3. Once the panel is at right, open 8 windows.

Result : Gnome panel is now completely freeze, except the notification area.

This is copy/past from this Ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-panel/+bug/187540

The upstream bug report:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513347

It contains a patch from Marek Paska which fix the bugi (at least for me):
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=113638

Vincent Untz explain why the patch is rejected. From him the right way to fix
this bug is to fix an other bug which as been submited in 2002.
May be using the Marek Paska patch in the Debian package would be a temporary
and pragmatic solution.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (800, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about                2.24.3-1      The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.24.0.1-2  utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-desktop-data         2.24.3-1      Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
ii  gnome-menus                2.24.2-2      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data           2.24.3-1      common files for the GNOME Panel
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.24.0-2      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.24.1-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0             2.24.1-1      The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                      2.9-6         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.8.6-2+b1    The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3                1.2.12-1      simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2           0.80-3        simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libecal1.2-7               2.24.5-4+b1   Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-11       2.24.5-4+b1   Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-8      2.24.5-4+b1   GUI utility library for evolution
ii  libgconf2-4                2.24.0-7      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.4-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.20.1-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2         2.22.3-2      Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2             2.24.2-2      an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgnome2-0                2.24.1-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.24.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.14.7-5      The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libgweather1               2.24.3-1      GWeather shared library
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.17-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0         2.24.3-1      library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.24.0-3      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-dbus2            0.9-3         library for accessing PolicyKit vi
ii  libpolkit2                 0.9-3         library for accessing PolicyKit
ii  librsvg2-2                 2.22.3-2      SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libwnck22                  2.24.2-2      Window Navigator Construction Kit
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.2.1-1     X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                    1:1.0.4-2     X11 authorisation library
ii  menu-xdg                   0.4           freedesktop.org menu compliant win

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
pn  alacarte                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  evolution-data-server         <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-applets                 2.24.3.1-2 Various applets for GNOME 2 panel
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.24.0-4   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-session                 2.22.3-3   The GNOME 2 Session Manager
ii  gvfs                          1.0.3-3    userspace virtual filesystem - ser
pn  policykit-gnome               <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages gnome-panel suggests:
pn  epiphany-browser       <none>            (no description available)
pn  evolution              <none>            (no description available)
ii  gdm                    2.20.9-1          GNOME Display Manager
ii  gnome-session          2.22.3-3          The GNOME 2 Session Manager
pn  gnome-system-tools     <none>            (no description available)
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.24.3-3          The GNOME 2 terminal emulator appl
pn  gnome2-user-guide      <none>            (no description available)
ii  konsole [x-terminal-em 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2 X terminal emulator for KDE
pn  nautilus               <none>            (no description available)
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 242-1             X terminal emulator
pn  yelp                   <none>            (no description available)

-- no debconf information