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Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: Print a message describing the number of threads for packing

From
Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date
Feb 26, 2008, 22:50 UTC
Message-ID
<47C497BF.8080900@nrlssc.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To
<20080226212118.GA32530@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King wrote:
> I don't think it's worth printing output so verbose that the user can
> manually check that every config option was respected.

It's hard coming up with examples that someone cannot take to the N'th degree and make look ridiculous. Maybe impossible.

> At any rate, I think your reasoning is not a good guideline for user
> output.

My reasoning was that I liked it. I thought it was interesting and useful to show the number of threads that pack-objects was using. The example I gave was to show how it could be useful to non-developers since Junio suggested that the information was primarily of interest for git developers and he didn't think that end users would care.

In any case, I'm not attached to the patch. I am thankful for Nicolas's patch though, since it forced me to learn the relationship between progress and pack_to_stdout.

-brandon
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Message 21 of 22 in “pack-objects: Add runtime detection of online CPU's”
  1. pack-objects: Add runtime detection of online CPU'sAndreas Ericsson, Feb 12, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 12, 2008
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 12, 2008
  4. Bert WesargFeb 12, 2008
  5. Andreas EricssonFeb 12, 2008
  6. Michael HendricksFeb 12, 2008
  7. Brandon CaseyFeb 12, 2008
  8. pack-objects: Add runtime detection of online CPU'sBrandon Casey, Feb 23, 2008
  9. Andreas EricssonFeb 23, 2008
  10. pack-objects: Print a message describing the number of threads for packingBrandon Casey, Feb 23, 2008
  11. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  13. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  15. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008
  16. Andreas EricssonFeb 26, 2008
  17. Brandon CaseyFeb 26, 2008
  18. Nicolas PitreFeb 26, 2008
  19. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008
  20. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008
  21. Brandon CaseyFeb 26, 2008
  22. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2008

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