[pacman-dev] TotalDownload option.

[Eric Belanger]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Xilon wrote:

> On Nov 10, 2007 9:54 AM, Nathan Jones <nathanj at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> Ok, here's the updated version:
>>
>> $ sudo pacman -S gcc gcc-libs gcc-fortran
>> resolving dependencies... done.
>> looking for inter-conflicts... done.
>>
>> Targets: gcc-libs-4.2.2-2 [1.06 MB]  gcc-4.2.2-3 [8.92 MB]
>>          gcc-fortran-4.2.2-1 [2.91 MB]
>>
>> Total Package Size:     12.89 MB
>> Total Download Size:    12.89 MB
>>
>> Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
>> :: Retrieving packages from core...
>>  gcc-libs-4.2.2-2-i686   1081.1K  665.7K/s 00:00:02 [#####################]   8%
>>  gcc-4.2.2-3-i686          10.0M 1009.0K/s 00:00:10 [#####################]  77%
>> :: Retrieving packages from extra...
>>  gcc-fortran-4.2.2-1-...   12.9M  926.2K/s 00:00:14 [#####################] 100%
>> checking package integrity... done.
>> (3/3) checking for file conflicts                   [#####################] 100%
>> (1/3) upgrading gcc-libs                            [#####################] 100%
>> (2/3) upgrading gcc                                 [#####################] 100%
>> (3/3) upgrading gcc-fortran                         [#####################] 100%
>>
>>
>>
>> I changed the download callback function to take both the current file
>> and the entire list xfered/totals, which gets rid of that done parameter
>> and cleans up the code a bit. Graphical clients could probably use both
>> since it's easier to draw two progress bars in a GUI.
>>
>> I haven't tested this code as much as my other patch so watch out for
>> any bugs.
>>
>>
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>
> IMO it is a bit confusing to see the progress bar completed while the
> percentage isn't 100%, especially when people don't expect this
> behaviour. It would be better if there was some indication that the
> percentage is the total progress. It would be best is there was a
> "total" progress bar underneath or something, to actually separate
> them, but that would probably require too many alterations to the code
> for the little benefit it would give.
>

Why not put two percentages: one for the current package progress and one 
for the total packages percent? I'm not sure how to display them in a way 
that'll be user-friendly.

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