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eme · Nov 28, 2003, 11:54 PM

I dont if anyone has noticed that after enabling Shapeshifter and restarting your computer all of the apps uses as much as double the memory they use when SS is disabled?? anyone else noticing these or is it just me?? is it the normal behavior??

thanks

marioestrada

NetworkShadow · Nov 29, 2003, 12:37 AM

I'd have to test, but I've had no problems...

smic · Nov 29, 2003, 12:50 AM

didnt look to much into it, but i had safari, mail, fire, preview, and terminal, and i ran outa room for swap
i have 640mb ram, and 1.5gigs for a swap drive
and it never ran out before i installed shapeshifter, and i ran lots of stuff at once, not just those little apps

swiz · Nov 29, 2003, 02:15 AM

This is a knwon issue, a HUGE memory leak which is fixed with the forthcoming bug fix release.

Seion · Nov 29, 2003, 04:17 AM

Originally posted by swiz:
This is a knwon issue, a HUGE memory leak which is fixed with the forthcoming bug fix release.

Is there an estimated release date for this bug fix release?

NetworkShadow · Nov 29, 2003, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Seion:
Is there an estimated release date for this bug fix release?

They keep saying about the same time as Omega, and BBX keeps saying before Xmas.

rhythmicmoose · Nov 29, 2003, 02:34 PM

Um... they do realize that we'll use a bug fix of SS even without Omega included, right?

Who cares when Omega comes out (note: rhetorical question; does not warrant response)? Release the fixes as soon as they're made, please.

NetworkShadow · Nov 29, 2003, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by rhythmicmoose:
Um... they do realize that we'll use a bug fix of SS even without Omega included, right?

Who cares when Omega comes out (note: rhetorical question; does not warrant response)? Release the fixes as soon as they're made, please.

I'm sure they aren't going to wait on Omega.

smeger · Nov 29, 2003, 03:15 PM

ShapeShifter 1.0.1 will probably be out this tuesday. BBX has been talking about ShapeShifter 1.1, which will probably be out around Christmas (not necessarily on or before).

We're not going to rush it, though - we'd rather get it out when it's ready than meet some arbitrary artificial deadline. It's got a lot of goodies in it (really more than deserves a .1 upgrade I think, but hey, who cares).

bbxstudio · Nov 29, 2003, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by NetworkShadow:
They keep saying about the same time as Omega, and BBX keeps saying before Xmas.

I think the leak will be fixed before then.

NetworkShadow · Nov 29, 2003, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by smeger:
ShapeShifter 1.0.1 will probably be out this tuesday. BBX has been talking about ShapeShifter 1.1, which will probably be out around Christmas (not necessarily on or before).

We're not going to rush it, though - we'd rather get it out when it's ready than meet some arbitrary artificial deadline. It's got a lot of goodies in it (really more than deserves a .1 upgrade I think, but hey, who cares).

Sounds good, that's a nice and quick bug update.

v1.1 sounds cool, I like how everything has "goodies" now. Around Christmas is a good reasonable time frame for a big update.

Groovy · Nov 30, 2003, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by smeger:

We're not going to rush it, though - we'd rather get it out when it's ready than meet some arbitrary artificial deadline. It's got a lot of goodies in it (really more than deserves a .1 upgrade I think, but hey, who cares).

call it 1.1 and the Christmas release 1.2

really i think you should

smeger · Nov 30, 2003, 01:02 PM

Originally posted by Groovy:
call it 1.1 and the Christmas release 1.2

really i think you should

Nope, bug fixes are .x.x and new features are .x. They're named appropriately with the exception that a single .x for the Christmas one is a bit small for what's planned. But that's okay.

Groovy · Nov 30, 2003, 10:52 PM

Originally posted by smeger:
Nope, bug fixes are .x.x and new features are .x. They're named appropriately with the exception that a single .x for the Christmas one is a bit small for what's planned. But that's okay.

so then this release is JUST bug fixes

Then this means Omega has to wait for 1.1 and Christmas or even after since you said

"around Christmas (not necessarily on or before)"

darn...

NetworkShadow · Nov 30, 2003, 10:56 PM

The Omega kit isn't even done yet from what BBX is saying, so I wouldn't worry about the SS update getting in the way of it being out sooner.

Seion · Dec 2, 2003, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by smeger:
ShapeShifter 1.0.1 will probably be out this tuesday. BBX has been talking about ShapeShifter 1.1, which will probably be out around Christmas (not necessarily on or before).

We're not going to rush it, though - we'd rather get it out when it's ready than meet some arbitrary artificial deadline. It's got a lot of goodies in it (really more than deserves a .1 upgrade I think, but hey, who cares).

Is there an updated release date?

The memory problem right now is preventing me from having ShapeShifter enabled at this point in time...

u2zoo · Dec 2, 2003, 07:32 PM

Seion: they pushed the release date back to tomorrow, because they wanted to give their testers enough time to provide feedback.

Seion · Dec 2, 2003, 08:43 PM

Originally posted by u2zoo:
Seion: they pushed the release date back to tomorrow, because they wanted to give their testers enough time to provide feedback.

Ah, thank you. I'm definitely looking forward to this b/c my line of work (Graphic Design, Web Design) renders it impossible for me to work if there are memory leaks anywhere.

NetworkShadow · Dec 2, 2003, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by u2zoo:
Seion: they pushed the release date back to tomorrow, because they wanted to give their testers enough time to provide feedback.

For the bug fix 1.0.1 version, not the 1.1 just to make this clear for everyone who may not be keeping track.