Garrett Goebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> tracer wrote:
> > Thursday, Thursday, September 02, 1999, you wrote:
> > GG> When actually copying the packages to disk, the percentage based
> > GG> progress bar went from 0 to 100% in just 5 minutes for 500+ MB of data
> > GG> (fast!).
> >
> > GG> However, it stayed at 100% for 15+ (another 25MB by my guesstimate)
> > GG> while it finished installing several more packages.
> >
> > GG> Done should be done... 100% should be completion.
> >
> > Copying and installing isnt the same and even if it was split into 2
> > bars, one for copying and one for install, its still a problem that
> > any controlling program like this hasnt got a clue how long an install
> > will take... Some modules are big and go fast, others are big and go
> > slow... Small modules can also take much longer then others so all one
> > really should be able to show is number of packages or percentage
> > installed and how many to go... % DONE/Complete is unpredicatble...
>
> Copying, Installing... One, the other or both. In either case, the
> "install" provides a progress bar that goes from 0 to 100 percent.
> Estimates are only estimates... Progress bars will never be 100%
> accurate. -But IMO, 100% should be synonomous with done... not, just a
> little bit more.
Yeah, it's a known bug. I don't really know the why, and did not look at it for
the moment :(
It should be fixed, sure!
thanks, cu Pixel.
