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

[Darshit Shah]

Has anyone tested out this patch yet?

I'd really like some feedback on this before it gets merged. I prefer
this implementation of the progress bar over the original one. Does
anybody have any issues / suggestions?

On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Darshit Shah <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks for all the suggestions. Here is the final version of the
> patch. Do test it out and let me know if anything is amiss / something
> would look better if changed.
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 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
>
>
>
> --
> Thanking You,
> Darshit Shah



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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah