From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 37167@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37167: debbugs: Unclear message when updating bug list
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:07:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1b3yrby.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmmBPRi3rwAnGn2wGtPyEMWQL6i9s5n2ws+M0hc633WLAQ@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Fri, 23 Aug 2019 23:58:23 +0200")
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
Hi Stefan,
> When I type:
>
> M-x debbugs-gnu RET ,minor,wishlist RET
Being curious: why ",minor,wishlist"? Just "minor,wishlist" would do.
> It takes a long time to load on my machine. The message while waiting
> is "Contacting host: debbugs.gnu.org:443", which makes it look like
> it's unable to reach the host for a long time. In reality, somewhere
> during the process it reaches the host and starts downloading the bug
> list.
Agreed.
> 1. It would be good if this could instead say something about what it
> actually is doing, along the lines of "Getting bug data from host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443".
Well, this downloading shall be wrapped by the progress-reporter.
> 2. When it's done, the message is still "Contacting host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443". It would be good if there is instead a message
> saying something like "Update complete from host:
> debbugs.gnu.org:443".
This has annoyed me as well since ever. But I was too lazy to fix. I
take this bug report as trigger to do something.
> The exact message doesn't matter much to me, just that it's different
> from what is there now.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Kangas
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-24 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-23 21:58 bug#37167: debbugs: Unclear message when updating bug list Stefan Kangas
2019-08-24 7:07 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2019-08-24 7:16 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-24 7:29 ` Michael Albinus
2019-09-05 15:11 ` Michael Albinus
2019-09-13 19:04 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-13 20:09 ` Michael Albinus
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