Bug 295467

Summary: software manager: while installing always show percentage, MB and time
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 10.2 Reporter: macias - <bluedzins>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Ladislav Slezák <lslezak>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P5 - None CC: locilka
Version: Final   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: i586   
OS: Other   
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Attachments: installation in progress

Description macias - 2007-07-28 14:52:43 UTC 
When you try to install something with SM you will see two progress bars (good), but one (horizontal) shows % and the second (vertical, total progress) shows either time or size (I didn't figure it out, how it works exactly).

Please show in both of them -- PP% done (*), how much MB it is about to transfer (*) and how much is left, how much time is left (ETA).

(*) already done for single package progress bar
(*) in a way it also done for the same progress

Please take a look also at estimation algorithm, it is not so uncommon, I am downloading 40MB, in half way I see ETA half an hour, five minutes later it is ETA 1 minute.
Comment 1 Ladislav Slezák 2007-08-02 05:45:11 UTC 
The vertical progress displays size of packages to install. It's displayed just above it.

The table contains the total remaining sum (size and number of packages) and ETA, see the first line.

It's hard to compute ETA better, ETA includes not only the download time (which is usually constant or not very variable) but also package installation time. And this is the problem -- package might be installed quickly, but sometimes it takes very long time to finish the installation even if the RPM size itself is small due to complex or time consuming post install scripts.

It think all needed information is displayed, or do you really miss something?
Comment 2 macias - 2007-08-02 12:03:30 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1 from Ladislav Slezak)
> The vertical progress displays size of packages to install. It's displayed
> just
> above it.

Partially true. The size is displayed if time is NOT displayed. But my wish goes for both.

> The table contains the total remaining sum (size and number of packages) and
> ETA, see the first line.

You know, I better install something and attach a screenshot because it looks like we are looking at different yast screens :-D
Comment 3 macias - 2007-08-02 12:49:43 UTC 
Created attachment 155168 [details]
installation in progress
Comment 4 macias - 2007-08-02 12:56:35 UTC 
So, I don't see here:
total percentage
total size 
total ETA (see above, it switches with size left at random)

individual size remaining
invividual ETA


Btw. if the vertical (total) progressbar would be replaced with horizontal it would be even easier (visually) to add such info. Take a look at the current horizontal.
You can place the name + % _in_ the progress bar (and it is readable; not the case with vertical progress bar), above it on the left ETA for example, on the right the remaining size.
Comment 5 Ladislav Slezák 2007-08-08 09:00:36 UTC 
It's too late for 10.3 now, it will be solved after 10.3...
Comment 6 Lukas Ocilka 2007-09-07 14:00:03 UTC 
LATER -> after 10.3
Comment 7 Stephan Kulow 2007-11-17 15:45:04 UTC 
I'd reject that as overkill.
Comment 8 Ladislav Slezák 2008-04-25 13:49:14 UTC 
The vertical progress bar has been removed, there is a total progress bar at the bottom of the dialog which displays total remaining size and time.