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“guix pull” should show a progress bar for channel updates

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: “guix pull” should show a progress bar for
 channel updates
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 23:30:17 +0200

When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message

   Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...

followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
something, nor can I see what the progress is.

Would be nice to have a progress bar or at least a spinner.

-- 
Ricardo

Message #8 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a progress bar for channel updates
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 13:00:49 +0200

Hi Ricardo,

On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 23:31, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> wrote:

> When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message
>
>    Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
>
> followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
> something, nor can I see what the progress is.

Most of the time is fetching from network so if you have a good
network connection, this step is not long enough to be disconcerting.
:-)

In addition to this whislist, it appears to me the same for "Computing
Guix derivation", even there is something moving.


All the best,
simon

Message #11 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a
 progress bar for channel updates
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 22:09:21 +0200

zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 23:31, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> wrote:
>
>> When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message
>>
>>    Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
>>
>> followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
>> something, nor can I see what the progress is.
>
> Most of the time is fetching from network so if you have a good
> network connection, this step is not long enough to be disconcerting.
> :-)

It can take several seconds or even over a few minutes when fetching
from multiple channels.  For what it’s worth I got annoyed waiting for
“guix pull” on ci.guix.gnu.org, which has a pretty decent network
connection (even though users on the outside cannot see it this way due
to the firewall). 

-- 
Ricardo

Message #14 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a progress bar for channel updates
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 00:29:14 +0200

On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 22:09, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> wrote:

> It can take several seconds or even over a few minutes when fetching
> from multiple channels.  For what it’s worth I got annoyed waiting for
> “guix pull” on ci.guix.gnu.org, which has a pretty decent network
> connection (even though users on the outside cannot see it this way due
> to the firewall).

Wow! Few minutes.  To me, each channel (Gitlab, GitHub, etc.)  takes a
couple of seconds -- even with a poor Wifi connection -- and the
longest is Guix from Savannah: and "slow" as everything under gnu.org.
I feel much more frustrated by "Computing Guix derivation" which takes
ages on my machine and I never know if the computations are at 20% or
80% or whatever.
And I never pull on my laptop the current HEAD of master otherwise I
am waiting between 10 and 30 minutes building all the derivations
because they are not substituable yet; well I pull 1 or 2 weeks
behind.

Well, a spinner for the Git updating part could improve use cases:
first pull, long period between 2 pulls, firewall, etc..
On the other hand, an European mirror of guix.git could help too, IMHO.

Cheers,
simon

Message #17 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a
 progress bar for channel updates
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 23:17:41 +0200

Hi,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:

> When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message
>
>    Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
>
> followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
> something, nor can I see what the progress is.

For the record, the main missing piece is in Guile-Git, which does not
yet provide bindings to the progress-report thingie for fetch
operations.

Ludo’.

Message #24 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 39260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a
 progress bar for channel updates
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:45:40 +0200

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>
>> When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message
>>
>>    Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
>>
>> followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
>> something, nor can I see what the progress is.
>
> For the record, the main missing piece is in Guile-Git, which does not
> yet provide bindings to the progress-report thingie for fetch
> operations.

I’ve added support for the ‘transfer-progress’ callback in Guile-Git:

  https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git/-/commit/7a3d97a72e7907213241f62d3bac926361f50f95

However, there’s an (unrelated) issue with libgit2 meaning that
Guile-Git is not in a releasable state yet:

  https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/5650

Ludo’.

Message #27 received at 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 41409 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 39260 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41409: “guix pull” should show a
 progress bar for channel updates
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:30:33 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>>> When I run “guix pull” (or “guix time-machine”) I see this message
>>>
>>>    Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
>>>
>>> followed by disconcerting silence.  I can’t tell if it’s doing
>>> something, nor can I see what the progress is.
>>
>> For the record, the main missing piece is in Guile-Git, which does not
>> yet provide bindings to the progress-report thingie for fetch
>> operations.
>
> I’ve added support for the ‘transfer-progress’ callback in Guile-Git:
>
>   https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git/-/commit/7a3d97a72e7907213241f62d3bac926361f50f95

And now the Guix side of it:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43968

> However, there’s an (unrelated) issue with libgit2 meaning that
> Guile-Git is not in a releasable state yet:
>
>   https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/5650

It’s a libgit2 bug but not a showstopper after all.

Ludo’.

Message #30 received at 41409-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 39260-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 41409-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39260: bug#41409: “guix pull” should
 show a progress bar for channel updates
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 23:52:19 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> And now the Guix side of it:
>
>   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43968

Merged in 298f9d29d6c26e408a90d08d147d926aa6f81ab3, closing!

Ludo’.

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