OW 5.1 Final Released

[Ken Case]

On Jan 6, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Jake Robb wrote:
> So am I correct to assume that the problem where OW "forgets" about 
> all of your workspaces still exists?

Apparently it does:  when I saw the reports on the list yesterday I 
reopened bug #16421, but this was after we had frozen 5.1 for release.  
We didn't unfreeze 5.1 because this problem isn't a regression from 
5.0--that is, it isn't new to 5.1--and we thought it was more important 
to get 5.1's other fixes (with the new WebCore, better caching, and 
bookmark synchronization fixes) out to all our customers.

(Also, most of our users don't seem to encounter this problem.  I know 
that I use Workspaces a _lot_ and I've never lost one.)

This is our highest priority bug, however, and I'd love to collect more 
information so we can solve it.

> As intermittent as it is, I can see how it would be quite difficult to 
> diagnose and debug, but nonetheless, it is a show-stopper for me.

It would be for me, too!  I contacted Piers yesterday to collect more 
information from him, but any information you could send me would be 
great, too.

What I most need to know is when the workspace information is lost:  in 
particular, is it lost when writing the file, or when reading it?  (On 
quit, or on launch?)  In an ideal world, I'd like a look at the 
workspace file just before it gets corrupt and just after, and exactly 
what happened between those states.

If it's hard to collct that information manually, I can try adding some 
debugging tools to our next beta to collect that information (by saving 
off copies and writing to a log file each time it writes and reads).

				Ken