** Description changed: When you copy two files (or two set of files) from or to the same disk separately, so that you have two copying progress bars and estimates and the one copying process is dealing with a amount of data larger than the other, nautilus calculates the estimate as if both copying processes were going to be running simultaneously until copying is complete, which is not true. Once the smaller set of files finishes, the larger one will - get it's full speed back and finish sooner than the first estimate + get its full speed back and finish sooner than the first estimate actually predicted. My suggestion: Nautilus should be aware that the second file copy is slowing the first one down, so it should calculate the first's estimate as something like: <estimate for the smaller set of files copy to finish> + <estimate time to copy the amount of data that will be left when the second process ends at both processes speed combined>. Although this approach may look too simplistic, I think it's better than the rather pessimistic approach we're using right now. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 9 07:42:49 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-27 (42 days ago)
** Summary changed: - Copying remaining time estimative is not accurate when doing multiple copies + Copying remaining time estimate is not accurate when doing multiple copies ** Description changed: When you copy two files (or two set of files) from or to the same disk separately, so that you have two copying progress bars and estimates and - the one copying process is dealing with a amount of data larger than the + one copying process is dealing with an amount of data larger than the other, nautilus calculates the estimate as if both copying processes were going to be running simultaneously until copying is complete, which is not true. Once the smaller set of files finishes, the larger one will get its full speed back and finish sooner than the first estimate actually predicted. My suggestion: Nautilus should be aware that the second file copy is slowing the first one down, so it should calculate the first's estimate as something like: <estimate for the smaller set of files copy to finish> + <estimate time to copy the amount of data that will be left when the second process ends at both processes speed combined>. Although this approach may look too simplistic, I think it's better than the rather pessimistic approach we're using right now. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Dec 9 07:42:49 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-27 (42 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/902095 Title: Copying remaining time estimate is not accurate when doing multiple copies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/902095/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
