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On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:00:18AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 07:26:25AM +1100, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> >=20
> > I object because the dots show movement, but lose information on how
> > many more dots are needed till it finishes, especially when I have a
> > screenful of dots.
>=20
> I changed it because having a long list of numbers output quickly is
> neither user-friendly, nor useful.  The old code was also double-spacing
> on many terminal emulaters (eg from sysinst on a serial console).
>=20
> As a 'something is still happening' outputting dots and numbers have
> much the same value, except that with dots the command itself is
> unlikely to scroll off the screen.
>=20
> Naive users are also likely to wonder what all the numbers mean - after
> all you'll never want all of them! Although the first few could be deemed
> useful.
>=20
> Scaling so that no more than one line of dots is output could be done...
>=20
> Adding an option to control the output is just option bloat.

I think there was more than enough discussion on this thread to indicate=20
that there are different opinions. Please revert this and the next,=20
related change until there is some concensus.

I personally much prefer the original code, though i think a progress bar=
=20
would be a fine option.

Take care,

Bill

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