On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 21:56 -0400, Robert Myers 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. It depends on what you mean by "hung". If we're talking about "in an unforeseen state caused by a bug" then of course the HT prevents detecting this reliably. However in this case I think the OP means something more ordinary, "not finished yet because there's a lot to do". This doesn't prevent giving a meaningful progress report. poc -- 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
