[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/2] pacman: clap transfer rate to >=0

[Andrew Gregory]

On 01/16/21 at 04:32pm, morganamilo wrote:
> Sometimes when downloading packages the transfer rate drops in to the
> negative. Not only is this incorrect, but it messes with the allignment
> of the progress bars. So lets make sure it's always >= 0.
> 
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> 
> This may not be the best fix as it does not address the root issue.
> But I have no idea what the root issue is so it's on somebody else to
> fix that.

-1.  The issue is that when alpm falls over to a new mirror the
download counter restarts.  pacman goes from seeing X bytes downloaded
to 0 and thinks -X bytes were just downloaded.  I'm not sure how alpm
should be presenting that event to frontends, but I would say clamping
to 0 is just masking problems.