Re: [PATCH] fsck: print progress

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Hmm, once you do this kind of thing I would expect two (or more) progress
bars to be shown, something like:

	$ git fsck --progress
	checking packs: 3 of 7 (42% done)
     checking objects in pack: 12405 of 332340 (4% done)

I don't think we can do multiple lines portably, though, because the
progress code just uses "\r" to return to the beginning of the line.

It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek comment. I personally hate those
"Installing n of N packages / Installation of package n p% done" progress
meters when we know the weight of each of these N packages varies.

I also agree with your "how would you know which one is throughput and
which one is counts" comment, which would mean the particular abstraction
you mentioned is too premature even though it looks nice on the surface.