https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355560
User sh@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355560#c3
Stefan Hundhammer
When running yast2 sw_single it goes through a sequence of reading and refreshing the repositories registered.
On some of the most lengthy operations there is now an animated blue splash instead of a progress bar.
That's not a bug, that's a feature. This is the new "busy animation" for processes that take an unknown amount of time.
As the cursor already shows the busy status
Bug reports show that for many users this is not explicit enough. Also, a busy cursor will always remain there until the application is finished and changes it back to the normal cursor. This new busy animation, however, shows busy state as long as it receives a periodic "keep alive" signal from the lengthy process that is being performed. If it does not receive that signal for a while, it will stop the animation so the user can see that something is obviously wrong. This is different than just a busy cursor.
this should definitely show a progress bar, so the user can estimate the required time.
If we knew how long the operations take, we would do exactly that. But we don't know that, so we can't do that. Thomas, any more comments from you? IMHO this is INVALID. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.