Bug#445340: Hogs memory

[phcoder]

Package: gnome-panel
Version: 2.30.2-2
Severity: normal

Found here as well. It consumes 512M after prolonged period

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-panel depends on:
ii  gnome-about             2.30.2-2         The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-desktop-data      2.30.2-2         Common files for GNOME desktop app
ii  gnome-menus             2.30.3-1         an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel-data        2.30.2-2         common files for the GNOME Panel
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.30.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0            2.24.3-1         Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0          2.24.3-1         The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-8         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2               1.8.10-1         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0        0.24-1           Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0            0.24-1           a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.24-4         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.88-2.1         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libecal1.2-7            2.30.3-2         Client library for evolution calen
ii  libedataserver1.2-13    2.30.3-2         Utility library for evolution data
ii  libedataserverui1.2-8   2.30.3-2         GUI utility library for evolution 
ii  libgconf2-4             2.28.1-6         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.24.2-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-17   2.30.2-2         Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgnome-menu2          2.30.3-1         an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.20.1-2         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgweather1            2.30.3-1         GWeather shared library
ii  libical0                0.44-3           iCalendar library implementation i
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.7-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liborbit2               1:2.14.18-0.1    libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpanel-applet2-0      2.30.2-2         library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.26.2-2         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0   0.96-4           PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  librsvg2-2              2.26.3-1         SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libsm6                  2:1.2.0-1        X11 Session Management library
ii  libwnck22               2.30.4-2         Window Navigator Construction Kit 
ii  libx11-6                2:1.3.3-4        X11 client-side library
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.3.1-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  menu-xdg                0.5              freedesktop.org menu compliant win
ii  policykit-1-gnome       0.96-3           GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  python                  2.6.6-3+squeeze5 interactive high-level object-orie
ii  python-gconf            2.28.1-1         Python bindings for the GConf conf
ii  python-gnome2           2.28.1-1         Python bindings for the GNOME desk

Versions of packages gnome-panel recommends:
ii  alacarte                      0.13.2-1   easy GNOME menu editing tool
ii  evolution-data-server         2.30.3-2   evolution database backend server
ii  gnome-applets                 2.30.0-3   Various applets for the GNOME pane
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.30.1-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.30.3-2   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-session                 2.30.2-3   The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gvfs                          1.6.4-3    userspace virtual filesystem - ser

Versions of packages gnome-panel suggests:
pn  epiphany-browser         <none>          (no description available)
ii  evolution                2.30.3-5        groupware suite with mail client a
ii  gnome-terminal [x-termin 2.30.2-1        The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  gnome-user-guide [gnome2 2.30.1-1        GNOME user's guide
ii  mlterm [x-terminal-emula 3.0.1-3         MultiLingual TERMinal
ii  nautilus                 2.30.1-2        file manager and graphical shell f
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emulat 266-1           X terminal emulator
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

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