On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 21:56 -0400, Robert Myers wrote: > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > It really would be helpful if developers could make sure > that some kind of message, even if it is just a row of dots, > comes up from time to time. > > > The most general response to your request would appear to require > violation of the Halting Theorem. I think you could force a dot with > an interrupt, but it wouldn't really tell you anything. The program > could still be hung. > > > As it is, the problem is even more complicated than what is > contemplated by the Halting Theorem, since an installer depends on > expected responses from hardware. If the response never comes... > > > You could be getting dot dot dot, and it wouldn't mean a thing. Sort > of like waiting for Godot. > > > If some poor soul at Microsoft couldn't deliver a version of Vista > that reassured Steve Ballmer (who allegedly throws furniture) that > wonderful new Vista was actually doing something while he sat there > and waited with an important customer, do you think this problem will > be solved by the FOSS community? ---- this has nothing to do with whatever MS does or doesn't do - we are simple creatures and comforted with simple things like some indication of progress. I agree with Ed - file an RFE against preupgrade for progress indicators along the way (though I do remember seeing progress indications when under GTK so I gather this is after reboot and during automatic installation phase and it probably was already contemplated). Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
