http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42
--- Comment #10 from Knud Ahrnell Albrechtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-01-14 06:39:25 --- (In reply to comment #7) > Let me write down what I think about this change... > > I thought about it for a while and came to some conclusions. First of all WPKG > does not know how long a package needs for installation. There is also no way > to get any usable values from the package itself. Personally I don't like to > specify an estimated installation time within the package since this heavily > depends on too much parameters: > - Client hardware (RAM free, CPU, HDD speed...) > - Network transfer speed > - Additional installed packages (re-configuration, upgrading components...) > > As a result any value you put there will be just a joke. Especially if you > like > to publish packages on wpkg.org - which value you put in the install-time > field? > There would not be very helpful - and not worth the programming and > maintaining > effort. Especially since it implies modifying the XML structure as well. > > However that does not mean that I am against wpkg.js <-> WPKG client > communication. Just that I would strip it down to the basics and do some "lose > coupling". > > - There is only a one-way communication from WPKG to WPKG client required in > order to allow WPKG client to display status messages. > - The most basic form of communication is STDOUT/STDIN. > > I am thinking about printing some specially formatted messages to STDOUT so > WPKG client could parse them and display some messages. For example: > 2008-01-12 20:30:00 - WPKGSTATUS Starting software synchronization > 2008-01-12 20:30:02 - WPKGSTATUS Tasks: INSTALL 3; UNINSTALL 2 > 2008-01-12 20:30:03 - WPKGSTATUS Removing package: Mozilla SeaMonkey > 2008-01-12 20:32:00 - WPKGSTATUS Removing package: QuickTime Lite > 2008-01-12 20:32:00 - WPKGSTATUS Installing package: Mozilla FireFox > 2008-01-12 20:33:30 - WPKGSTATUS Installing package: QuickTime Alternative > 2008-01-12 20:35:00 - WPKGSTATUS Installing package: WinMerge > 2008-01-12 20:36:10 - WPKGSTATUS Finished software synchronization > > This would allow WPKG client to parse this messages and display its pre-login > banner with enhanced information like: > Software synchronization > Removing Mozilla SeaMonkey > (started at 2008-01-12 20:30:03, running since 30 seconds) > 0% (1/5) > total time: 00:33 > ... > Software synchronization > Installing Mozilla Firefox > (started at 2008-01-12 20:32:00, running since 45 seconds) > 40% (3/5) > total time: 02:45 > ... > Software synchronization > Installing WinMerge > (started at 2008-01-12 20:35:00, running since 10 seconds) > 80% (5/5) > total time: 05:10 > ... > Software synchronization complete > done. > 100% > total time: 06:02 > ----- > > OK, I know that such a progress bar can be quite "jumpy" but at least it shows > the user some reaction (even if it is just a time counter which already cools > down people a lot in some cases). > > I think this could be implemented quite quickly and will give the user some > more direct feedback of what is going on. > > It's very simple but quite effective. Most of the information of my sample > dialog output can be easily be calculated by a few lines printed by WPKG. > > If you agree then I will start to implement such messages and publish the > exact > format definition. So somebody could start implementing the changes on WPKG > client. > Hi This looks totally ok with me. If i understand it correctly it counts the actual time that has gone with the installation(s) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Easy Software Deployment >> http://wpkg.org _______________________________________________ wpkg-users mailing list wpkg-users@lists.wpkg.org http://lists.wpkg.org/mailman/listinfo/wpkg-users
