On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 07:58:49AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 07:46:44AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 12:56:23PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > > > Ugh, just seen it in action. Very ugly, IMHO, with the window jumping > > > up and down the screen, changing height, and wrapping in the middle of > > > the package name (which is really the only interesting bit of > > > information in that text). > > > > > > I think it would look much nicer to abbreviate the line somehow (as in > > > my exapmle above) rather than wrap it. Maybe we do that in the front > > > end, or maybe we make debootstrap do it, working on some assumption such > > > as progress text should not be longer than 70 chars. > > > > I'd prefer the latter. > > Actually, since the package name is the only interesting part, why > not have debootstrap display only that?
Sounds like a good idea to me. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

