GNU bug report logs - #58375
Installer does not show what is being downloaded

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>

Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 10:35:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 55360

Done: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 58375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 55360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 58375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58375: Installer does not show what is being downloaded
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:04:02 +0200

Hey Ludo!

> I’m not sure it’s a good idea for ‘guix system init’: we’d be logging
> mostly progress bars, package names, and the likes to syslog—not super
> useful.  So I’d suggest not capturing stdout of ‘guix system init’.

In the bug report https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57983 capturing the 'guix
system init' output highlighted a "guix substitute" crash. So it does
seem like a useful mechanism, especially while 56005 is still open.

Now the current situation is also not really acceptable. What about
hiding the "guix system init" output completely and display a progress
bar page instead?

Thanks,

Mathieu
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