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Subject: Re: Guile 2.0.5, HTTP downloads, and progress reports
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:47:45 +0200
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> I just realized that users of Guile 2.0.5 are observing weird behavior
> when substituting binaries: the substituter would remain silent, write
> =E2=80=9Cthe server is unresponsive=E2=80=9D, then remain silent some mor=
e, and finally
> write tens of lines of =E2=80=9Cprogress report=E2=80=9D in a row when it=
=E2=80=99s done
> downloading.
>
> This is because 2.0.5=E2=80=99s HTTP client would return directly all of =
the
> downloaded data, instead of returning an input port, making it
> impossible to implement a progress report.  (guix http-client) hides
> that, hence the behavior above.

Commit db90b40 partially addresses this by removing the fake progress
report on Guile 2.0.5, and by printing =E2=80=9Cplease wait=E2=80=9D (and =
=E2=80=9Cplease
upgrade=E2=80=9D).

Feedback from 2.0.5 users is welcome!

Ludo=E2=80=99.