gtk-screen/NEWS: Warn about remaining natter on stderr.
authorMatt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:07:58 +0000 (15:07 -0700)
committerMatt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:07:58 +0000 (15:07 -0700)
src/gtk-screen/NEWS
src/gtk-screen/debian/changelog

index 3d7d68c2ef24af1d3596e73a16411ffad91d8b38..4b97cbcbb7d158f725e22fe492a4b605c4914607 100644 (file)
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Use with-glib-lock to avoid asynchronous delivery of expose events.
 Keep GLib locked while Edwin runs; release it only between commands,
 when Edwin blocks.
 
+Warning: Edwin will, especially in its inferior threads, attempt
+complicated UI operations asynchronously.  Until its event handling is
+reformed, the hapless user can get many warning lines on stderr
+because, asynchronously speaking, glib is not locked (nor unlocked,
+with any certainty).
+
 mit-scheme-pucked-gtk-screen 0.1 - Matt Birkholz, 2017-02-06
 ============================================================
 
index 4cdcee8374292b71be7c375d60806606e60a7560..cae920b74cf4d3ed362f26fe1cad875b2bad67a0 100644 (file)
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ mit-scheme-pucked-gtk-screen (0.2) birchwood; urgency=low
     events.  Keep GLib locked while Edwin runs; release it only
     between commands, when Edwin blocks.
 
+    Warning: Edwin will, especially in its inferior threads, attempt
+    complicated UI operations asynchronously.  Until its event
+    handling is reformed, the hapless user can get many warning lines
+    on stderr because, asynchronously speaking, glib is not locked
+    (nor unlocked, with any certainty).
+
  -- Matt Birkholz <matt@birchwood-abbey.net>  Sat, 17 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0700
 
 mit-scheme-pucked-gtk-screen (0.1) birchwood; urgency=low