[pca] Downloading big patches

[Walter Frantz at Sun]

Martin:

How do I remove myself from this mailing list??

Martin Paul wrote:
> Jan Holzhueter wrote:
>> is it possible to implement some feedback from the proxy to the client
>> when it's still downloading a big patch :)
>
> Not easily. As it is now, pca handles the download by starting wget 
> and then waiting until it returns, which happens when the patch has 
> been downloaded completely or it has failed.
>
> To do anything while wget is running, pca would have to spawn it as a 
> separate thread or process. It could then provide feedback (and check 
> for wget still running) in a loop, but this opens up a can of possible 
> problems I don't even want to think about :)
>
> Personally, I run the pca-proxy.cgi in debug mode (set "debug=1" in 
> pca-proxy.conf). So if I want to see what's going on, I use "tail -f 
> /tmp/pca-proxy-debug.txt". Maybe that's an option for you, too.
>
> Martin.
>