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FS#14927 - Pacman Download ETA & _total_ % Complete

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Morgan McDermott (kerek) - Tuesday, 02 June 2009, 22:36 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 03 June 2009, 03:37 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.2.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary and Info:
One of the only things I miss about apt-get is the ETA it provides as it downloads a package. While this may seem inconsequential for small packages, it's nice to see how far you are along while downloading, say OpenOffice or KDE (not just how far you are along downloading the current file). I often find myself looking at the total download size and summing up the size of files already downloaded to get an estimate of total progress; it seems like pacman could do this automatically.

In the bottom-right hand corner of the console, apt-get displays your current average download speed, and an estimated ETA to finish all necessary downloads. Personally, I think that a total % of all downloads complete combined with an estimated ETA would be better than displaying the average download speed and ETA, since you can already see how fast the individual files are downloading, but this is a matter of preference. I'd really like to see this feature in pacman =).
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 03 June 2009, 03:37 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Tuesday, 02 June 2009, 22:52 GMT
"man pacman.conf" and look for TotalDownload
Comment by Morgan McDermott (kerek) - Tuesday, 02 June 2009, 23:44 GMT
Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for =).

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