[Bug 732634] Re: Progress bar restarts from zero after copying files

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Milestoned after discussion with Evan.

The proper solution is apparently to teach debconf that its progress
value is sometimes only for a subtask of a larger task.

A hack solution would be:
- during the first stage, take 0% and add half of the debconf progress value
- during the second stage, take 50% and add half of the debconf progress value.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.10-beta-1

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Title:
  Progress bar restarts from zero after copying files

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Ubuntu Natty alpha 3

  When the installer is "Copying files", the installation progress bar
  fills up completely. When the copying has finished, the progress bar
  restarts from zero. This makes it much less useful, as it raises the
  possibility that the progress bar will restart from zero again some
  unknown number of times.

  Instead, the installation steps should be allocated estimated
  fractions of the progress bar so that it fills only once for the
  entire installation.

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