Hi Michael, Thanks for the reply ... and ok, I understand the point of view.
Note that I have added several improvements to the progress meter in master. > Thanks for the information, I will look at MNG-5977 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5977> concretely. Still keep in mind that an artifact is downloaded only once to the local > cache. > Yes, agree. Have a nice weekend. Best regards. 2016-10-15 19:32 GMT+02:00 Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org>: > Am 2016-10-15 um 19:07 schrieb Alix Lourme: > >> Hi Maven (Core) maintainers, >> >> Currently the download progress for dependencies/plugins is displayed by >> default : >> ----------------------------------- >> Downloading: http://.../repository/org/foo/bar/x.y.z/bar-x.y.z.jar >> >> 4/2122 KB >> 8/2122 KB >> ----------------------------------- >> >> The common fix is to use *batch-mode* option (MNG-5486 >> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5486>, disable maven download >> progress indication >> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21638697/disable-maven- >> download-progress-indication> >> ). >> This configuration is perfect for CI usage, but has a (little) impact for >> *human* execution ... for example on Maven Archetypes (even if usable with >> -D parameters). >> However I feel that many people (like me) generalise -B option (in >> *mvn.cmd* >> /*mvn.sh, ...*) avoiding some kilometer of logs in a daily use. >> This is perverse about the concept, and could do losing the great "future" >> feature about logs colorization (MNG-3507 >> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-3507>) because disabled in >> batch-mode >> <https://github.com/apache/maven/blob/master/maven-embedder/ >> src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java#L480> >> > > I have already commented on the issue and the PR that there is batch mode. > If people generalize that it either means that out docs are bad or people > do not know what batch mode is: notty on stdout and stdin. > > A good consensus (IMO) could be *activate the download progression only if >> debug mode (-X) is enabled*. >> Because the download information displayed in *batch-mode* option is >> enough >> for a "default execution": >> ----------------------------------- >> [INFO] Downloading: http://.../repository/org/foo/bar/x.y.z/bar-x.y.z.jar >> [INFO] Downloaded: http://.../repository/org/foo/bar/x.y.z/bar-x.y.z.jar >> (xx kB at yy kB/s) >> ----------------------------------- >> > > For you, for others maybe don't. I wan't to see the progress how my Nexus > instance performs or what download slows down my build. Many people will > probably not enable -X to see it all which is extremely verbose. > > Note that I have added several improvements to the progress meter in > master. > > I could try providing a PR (using MNG-5486 >> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-5486> or new JIRA ?), but I >> would have an acceptance (or not ^^) on this idea. >> > > Maybe an idea might be to display GAV instead of the URL and display URL > in -X only since the URL is only a technical detail. Though, it has to be > evaluated wether the Aether callback does provide this information. I doubt > that it does. > > Still keep in mind that an artifact is downloaded only once to the local > cache. > > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > -- Alix Lourme
