[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 0/3] backup client progress log interval

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Am 21/10/2024 um 14:55 schrieb Christian Ebner:
> These patches allow to specify a time based or size based interval
> for progress log output as generated during `proxmox-backup-client
> backup` runs.
> 
> The client is extended by an optional `progress-log-interval`
> parameter, which allows to set the interval as `TimeSpan` or
> `HumanByte` parsable input string, depending on the variant prefix.
> If set to `none` the progress log output is disabled, if no prefix is
> specified, a time based interval is assumed. Lastly, if the parameter
> is not given, the default 'time:1m' is used.
> 

nice work but I'm a bit torn w.r.t. exposing the variant inside the
value, could be nicer to have it written out in the option name itself,
e.g.:

--progress-interval for time based, as intervals are very often time
  based anyway, and it's probably what most user want by default.

--progress-size-interval for size based, albeit the option name is not
  really _that_ good, but progress-interval-size, which would be nicer
  for choosing between both via autocompletion as they share a longer
  prefix, has an even worse ring to it IMO. That's why I'm torn, the
  variant as value avoids this odd option naming, but still, multiplexing
  option is juts not that great.

What do you think?

Oh, and in above examples I also dropped the "log" as while it certainly
doesn't hurt its IMO also not really required to be able to understand what
it's for.