Bug#683880: gnome-shell: Sometimes hangs during startup

[Sander de Leeuw]

I think the cause of this issue is described in the following message:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2012-July/msg02956.html

A call to "gjs_context_gc(..)", which runs the garbage collector, causes a
deadlock between threads somehow.

I have compared the source of gnome-shell-3.4.2 and gnome-shell-3.6.2 and
these lines of code were removed. This is the only change in function
"run_leisure_functions(..)".

However, I also read something about garbage collection being fixed (after
3.4.2) and how this obsoletes the call to "gjs_context_gc(..)" here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679832

This is why I am not sure whether it's safe to apply the same patch against
3.4.2. Perhaps this question can be answered by a gnome-shell developer.

-- 
Sander de Leeuw
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