Re: [PATCH] progress: simplify "delayed" progress API

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 19, 2017, 20:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqlgmf8ebb.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy3qf8nj6.fsf_-_@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> We used to expose the full power of the delayed progress API to the
> callers, so that they can specify, not just the message to show and
> expected total amount of work that is used to compute the percentage
> of work performed so far, the percent-threshold parameter P and the
> delay-seconds parameter N.  The progress meter starts to show at N
> seconds into the operation only if the amount of work completed
> exceeds P.

Oops, we inspect the doneness at N seconds and show only if we have not yet completed P percent of the total work.

Perhaps

	... at N seconds into the operation only if we have not
	completed P per-cent of the total work.