From: Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
To: "Pierre Neidhardt" <mail@ambrevar.xyz>, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: hide more output
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 11:10:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mu656235.fsf@jlicht.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mu65fx4p.fsf@ambrevar.xyz>
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> So in effect, it wouldn’t display anything upfront, only the size of the
>> stuff downloaded right? Plus maybe the list of things to build?
>
> I think the list of things to build is a lower level details. The users
> want to know what's going to end up in their profile, they care less
> about the store.
I care very much on whether this will be quick 5 minute thing, or I will
have to leave my laptop crunching for the next 36 hours.
Of course this information is only useful to me because I happen to know
that e.g. ungoogled-chromium takes ages to build. A new user or one with
slightly less Stockholm syndrome probably can't make many informed
decisions with just a list of "things to build".
- Jelle
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-18 9:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-06 13:38 hide more output Ricardo Wurmus
2020-05-06 14:08 ` Jan Nieuwenhuizen
2020-05-06 14:26 ` zimoun
2020-05-06 14:25 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-06 14:28 ` zimoun
2020-05-06 20:00 ` Bengt Richter
2020-05-06 23:25 ` zimoun
2020-05-06 14:55 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-17 22:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-18 8:47 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-18 9:10 ` Jelle Licht [this message]
2020-05-18 13:10 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2020-05-18 13:13 ` Nicolò Balzarotti
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