Re: [PATCH] Change 'Deltifying objects' to 'Delta compressing objects'
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 11:38:59PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> > Yup. Your patches were a big improvement. But I'm now sitting here
> > wondering if we shouldn't just allow a progress meter to overwrite
> > the prior one. Then you only see the current task and progress,
> > or the final output if we have nothing further to say about that.
>
> And then you've lost some diagnostic clue (the absolute numbers) about
> the actual number of objects that were listed for "deltification" for
> example.
>
> And imagine that you see the progress moving slowly because the remote
> server is a NSLU2, but it says 80%. Then you go for a coffee and the
> progress says 20% when you return because it now has moved to a
> different phase. Rather counter intuitive.
Obligatory me too: I totally agree with Nicolas here.
-Peff
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>