GNU bug report logs - #80110
30.2; [PATCH] NS: Frequent UI freezes on GNUstep

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Package: emacs; Reported by: Yavor Doganov <yavor@HIDDEN>; Keywords: patch; Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN>; Maintainer for emacs is bug-gnu-emacs@HIDDEN.

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Subject: Re: bug#80112: 31.0.50; NS;
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> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:31:53 +0200
> From: Yavor Doganov <yavor@HIDDEN>
> Cc: Yavor Doganov <yavor@HIDDEN>,
> 	alan@HIDDEN,
> 	kaloian@HIDDEN,
> 	80112 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	shipmints@HIDDEN
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > From: Yavor Doganov <yavor@HIDDEN>
> > > Alan Third wrote:
> > > > I think we need to remove the test of whether the timeout is zero,
> > > > because even if the timeout is zero we still need the NS runloop to
> > > > run.
> > > 
> > > This sounds logical to me; I was wondering why it is there and what is
> > > its purpose.
> 
> > So can wed now finish up this bug and bug#80110, please?  Could you
> > please post a patch for fixing both these bugs, as you have been using
> > them, so we could review one last time before installing?
> 
> I tested both variants of the patch (the one I asked Stéphane to test
> [1] on macOS and a version with the timeout test removed as suggested
> by Alan [2]).  More intensive testing was done with the first
> (conservative) version so this is the one I attach.

Thanks, now installed, and closing these two bugs.

> P.S.  I feel a bit uneasy to claim authorship as setting a small
>       timeout was something that you suggested after Adam pointed out
>       that this thread_select call was being made with NULL arguments.

Don't worry, the bug discussion, to which the commit log message
points, has all the details.

Notification sent to Yavor Doganov <yavor@HIDDEN>:
bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available.

Reply sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz@HIDDEN>:
You have taken responsibility. Full text available.