Re: (ITS#5922) progress bar proposal

[ghenry@OpenLDAP.org]

----- "Howard Chu" <hyc@symas.com> wrote:

> Gavin Henry wrote:
> > ----- hyc@symas.com wrote:
> >
> >> hyc@symas.com wrote:
> >>> progress seems a bit too generic; the names probably should be
> >> prefixed with
> >>> lutil. Also I suggest using "meter" instead of "progress".
> >>>
> >>> lutil-meter.h, meter.c.
> >> Currently it's enabled by default. I have a feeling it should be
> >> disabled when
> >> various debug flags are set. Any thoughts? Would there ever be a
> >> situation
> >> where you want debug enabled *and* the progress meter enabled?
> >
> > How would that work? The debug message would stream down your
> console
> > and then the meter would have to consistently return to the start of
> the
> > prompt/window to make any sense? Or would it would it switch to just
> showing
> > an elapsed time and the end of the run?
> >
> The messages would all be interleaved; it would be rather ugly.

Thought so. So off when debug is on make perfect sense to me.

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Gavin Henry.
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