Re: [PATCH] nicer eye candies for pack-objects

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Feb 22, 2006, 23:19 UTC
Message-ID: <43FCF168.1060802@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602221733030.5606@localhost.localdomain>

Nicolas Pitre wrote:

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> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> 
>>I like this, but like the "every second or every percent
>>whichever comes first" unpack-objects does even better.  How
>>about something like this on top of your patch?
> 
> 
> Well... my concern is (if I'm right) that this status is generated 
> remotely and sent over the network when performing a fetch.  The "every 
> percent" might in this case generate quite some significant overhead if 
> the pack is small.
>

But if the pack is small it won't matter. It's when it's big we want to know about it (and then the each-percent method is better, really).

> Also (personal opinion) such progress numbers are harder to read when 
> they change too fast.
>

I don't know about the rest of the world, but when I see numbers counting up with a percent-sign behind them I do some mental math to see how many brain-ticks go between each increment and then multiply with 100 to see if I need to get a beer while waiting. I don't really care what number it shows if it flashes too fast to read.

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