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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Slows starting of downloading with KIO
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-12-19 19:23:14
Message-ID: 200512191223.15044.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Monday 19 December 2005 10:49, David Faure wrote:
> If we didn't stat the files, we wouldn't be able to know that they are
> files and not directories (which would need a recursive listing). And if we
> wait until an error like "this is a dir and not a file" to do that, then we
> can't provide meaningful progress information - what initially looks like
> copying 4 "files" (urls) ends up being "copying 3 files and then copying a
> huge directory full of files", so allocating 25% of the progress to the
> latter phase would be wrong.

so perhaps we shouldn't start the progress meter until all the files are 
statted, but start the download of the first file immediately?

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Aaron J. Seigo
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