222481 2008-05-17 10:21 0000 dev-lang/python: return more memory from unicode objects to system 2008-06-24 13:56:46 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Development unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED http://bugs.python.org/issue2321 P2 normal --- 1 lindevel@gmx.net python@gentoo.org lindevel@gmx.net 2008-05-17 10:21:12 0000 First: I hope this is not duplicate, but I couldn't find anything, neither in this tracker, nor in the patchset. Python up to version 2.5.3 (not released yet) has an memory-fragmentation issue with deallocation of unicode and other objects. This results in Python apps which use unicode to consume extreme amounts of memory, without ever returning them to the system. http://bugs.python.org/issue2321 contains a patch to fix that. Even though this bug will be fixed in 2.5.3 and higher, I still would like to see it go into the gentoo-patchset, because it is a really annoying problem, making my machine to go out of memory quickly and often. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: lindevel@gmx.net 2008-05-17 10:22:42 0000 PS: The SVN revision containing the fix for 2.5 is this one: http://svn.python.org/view?rev=61485&view=rev hawking@gentoo.org 2008-06-24 13:56:46 0000 python-gentoo-patches.2.5.2-r5 has the mentioned patch included. Thanks for reporting :-)