Message moving/copying should have a real progress bar
Bug #182578 reported by
Richard Laager
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution |
Confirmed
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Low
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| evolution (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: evolution
Currently, when copying large numbers of messages to a remote IMAP server, the
status bar is the only way to tell how far the copy has progressed. It tends to
continually show "Fetching summary information for new messages"... only
briefly switching to a string like "Moving messages (xy%)"
It should really show a real progress bar... or at the very least, show
something like "Moving messages (xy%)" all the time.
| Changed in evolution: | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in evolution: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in evolution: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Low |
| Changed in evolution: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| halfbeing (halfbeing) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Jörg Frings-Fürst (jff-de) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in evolution (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Triaged → Invalid |
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I think this design error is more serious than the report above suggests. I am currently trying to sync 1GB of Gmail data and you would really be forgiven for thinking Evolution has completely stalled because there is no information and all the little spinning wheel animations have all stopped spinning. The only reason I haven't assumed the worst and forced Evolution to quit has been because I have been using iotop to confirm that Evolution is still writing to disk. When a process can take hours or even days (which is what a sync with a full Gmail mailbox would take) you really do need to know whether or not something is still happening.