https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1356
Product: drakxtools
Component: drakfont
Summary: drakfont needs better progress indicators
Version: 9.1-0.25mdk
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have collected all of my Windows fonts onto a CD (about 300 fonts, 80-90 MB)
and use the CD to install these fonts on my Mandrake systems.
When the install starts, the "Initial Tests" progress bar hangs about 1/3 of the
way through for about 20-30 minutes with CPU pinned at 100% on a 2.4GHz P4. I
waited it out, and it eventually finished successfully, but any consumer-grade
user is going to think that it's either hung or gone into a loop.
Whatever's being done with these fonts, I think you need a popup display in
front of the drakfont four-bar progress display which displays the fontname
being processed and a progress bar specific to that font and whatever is being
done to it in that particular phase (Initial Tests, etc.).
At least that will display some activity to indicate to the user that
*something* productive is going on. I understand that you are calling another
package under the covers, so if you can't do a progress bar, then at least an
activity indicator combined with a popup saying that this may take a VERY long
time would be appropriate. Since the activity is so CPU-bound, it should be
possible to come up with a prediction based on the number of fonts, and at least
display the amount of time (based on bogoflops or whatever) that you expect it
to take.
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