Tiff file causing DROID software to hang

[sarahd-wu]

A follow up to a related issue in the FITS repository (which is a wrapper for archival processing tools like DROID).

Uploading this specific tiff file 229_26.tif causes DROID version 6.5.2 and 6.8.1 (the latest version) to hang. I attempted to pause the file processing, but the entire profile interface ended up freezing.

[sparkhi]

Hello @sarahd-wu
I tried the file with my local copy of DROID and it looks like it is taking a long time. In my case, I left the GUI running and it eventually came back, however it took a really long time, almost 3 hours on my machine (Ubuntu, Java 21). I'll leave this issue open as it definitely needs further investigation

[steve-daly]

I think you've experienced this #1140

There was an attempt to fix this here, but it broke other things.

#1482 (comment)

We'll think again about this @MancunianSam @sparkhi