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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] common progress display support
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:20:28 -0400 (EDT)
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> > Note: I left merge-recursive.c out since it has a strange notion of
> > progress as it apparently increase the expected total number as it goes.
> > Someone with more intimate knowledge of what that is supposed to mean
> > might look at converting it to the common progress interface.
> 
> That disaster in merge-recursive.c is my fault.  The progress
> meter there doesn't mean much of anything.
> 
> I've been thinking about getting rid of it.

Well... be my guest.  ;-)


Nicolas