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Re: [Bug-wget] [Bug-Wget][RFC] Even more changes to the progress bar


From: Giuseppe Scrivano
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] [Bug-Wget][RFC] Even more changes to the progress bar
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 08:52:33 +0200
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Darshit Shah <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Ángel González <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 19/05/14 21:17, Darshit Shah wrote:

>>> 2. I am not aware of anyone parsing the output of Wget's progress bar.
>>> Do you think changing the default output would cause a problem?
>>
>> No.
> Thought so, needed secondary confirmation

and I think we don't care.  People shouldn't parse the progress bar.  If
someone wants this information then we should look for another way to
offer it.

>>> 3. Should we add some kind of --human-readable option to toggle
>>> between bytes output and human readable output?
>>
>> I don't like dozens of options just to control the progress bar. I wouldn't
>> add
>> it yet. Maybe if we later see a need for it.
>>
> Yes, even I believe there are too many options for controlling the
> progress bar's output. I'll just make this the default, if people
> complain, we can add a switch.

agree :-)

Cheers,
Giuseppe



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