brz 0.8.2 - Disable progress bar and enable it only on -v option

Wouter van Heyst larstiq at larstiq.dyndns.org
Thu Jun 15 15:16:24 BST 2006


On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:55:04PM +0300, Jari Aalto+mail.emacs wrote:
<snip>
> The `-q' is used commonly to supress informational output. The
> progress bar is something other than "messages"; on category of it's
> own.
> 
> In normal use the progress bar does not offer any useful information,
> because it just flickers and causes slowdown on modem connections (try
> 48k modem), so it should have separate option to turn it on.
> 
> I can see where progress bar could be useful:
> 
> - importing big projects 
> - with bug files
> - using slow hard disk or remote (slow) network connections
> 
> But for regular local disk use, it is not necessary.

I'm confused as to where you see this progress bar where it is not
needed, I sure do need it on branch/push/pull.

Wouter van Heyst




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