Re: [Bug-wget] broken progressbar in 1.16

[Michael Shigorin]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 03:16:00PM +0800, Darshit Shah wrote:
> While we try our best to regression test every new feature,
> some issues often seep through the cracks.

I do understand that, hence  RC proposition (would be great to
have distro maintainers and other interested grumblers join some
announce list to have a chance to catch bugs before actual
release happens).

> a new option, --no-scroll has also been added for people who
> would prefer the progress bar not have a scrolling filename.
> You could set it in your wgetrc file to add the option globally.

Looks like it's missing from git://git.savannah.gnu.org/wget.git,
could you point me to the code location please?

> I'm currently traveling, but will take a look into what causes this issue
> as soon as I can. Having a stable release of Wget is our main priority.

TIA :-)

> However, we were forced to make an urgent release this time
> around due to a security issue coming up that had to be fixed
> immediately.

Yup, a CVE coming late in release cycle leaves few options...
Good luck colleagues, still don't rely on it!

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