On 2010-04-12 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Lasse Collin wrote: > > On 2010-03-21 Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> 100.0 % 10,000 GiB / 10,000 GiB = 1.000 999 KiB/s 9 h 40 > >> min > >> > >> 9999:50:50 (less padding, more units) > > > > Maybe. The units have to be MiB when compressing, because otherwise > > the sizes won't get updated frequently enough to see that some > > progress is happening. They can be MiB also after successful > > operation, because then no extra space is needed for estimated > > remaining time. So the only situation where GiB or TiB would be > > used is after an error or user pressing C-c. > > Oh, interesting. Thanks for the explanation.
If someone is compressing a huge file, maybe it's not that bad if the sizes change on the screen relatively rarely. No one will stare at the screen waiting for it to complete. So I did something similar to what you suggested. It's in the git repository now. -- Lasse Collin | IRC: Larhzu @ IRCnet & Freenode -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
