user interface feedback
Hi,
dpkg-get update:
1) only print when the message has actually changed; that allows one
to
i) scroll back in xterm and see earlier messages
ii) script this and not have the script file blow up
2) The waiting for file messages have a newline at the end, and
scroll things to fast. Thse messages should only be printed once
per file, and a message should be printed if the file is finally
retrieved
3) Messages like tha above reassuring message should never be
overwritten; insert a newline character.
4) the downloading X/Y messages may indeed overwrite each other, but
the connecting to URN message should have a new lin at the end,
and so always be visible, and not overridden by the down load
message
5) Get:/Packages.gz 'Downloading' 0/328172 The only useful
information is the 0/328172 part; I suggest you print the urn;
newline, and the next line has just the size_downloaded/total_size
6) I suggest that anything apart from the size_downloaded/total_size
line should never be overwritten.
manoj
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