[Pulp-list] repo sync and the pulp-admin client

[Jason L Connor]

On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 08:45 -0700, Mike McCune wrote:
> On 09/17/2010 07:47 AM, Jason L Connor wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've put repo sync progress into the the pulp-admin client. I've also
> > added a GET handler on the uri: /pulp/api/repositories/<id>/sync/, that
> > returns a list of the recent sync operations including an on-going one,
> > if applicable.
> >
> > So here's what I'm thinking. Currently the repo sync command waits for
> > the repo sync to complete, while (now) displaying progress information.
> > I want to also allow the command to start a sync and exit, and a second
> > command to check on the status of the sync.
> >
> > So I'm looking for suggestions for the following:
> >
> > * What should the second command be called?
> >    (I'm leaning toward: syncstatus)
> 
> why not just 'status'?  Could show the currently running sync or if not 
> syncing just return the most recent results.
> 

I like this suggestion, I'm currently planning on running with it.

> >
> > * What should the default behavior of repo sync be?
> >    (I'm leaning toward: start the sync and exit)
> >
> 
> I very much prefer we start the sync and start polling for status but we 
> message the user:
> 
> "sync started, you can safely CTRL+C this current command and the sync 
> will continue.  To resume watching status please run 'pulp-admin repo 
> syncstatus <id>'"
> 
> Allow the user to safely quit the running command and come back later 
> with the syncstatus command to poll if they desire.  My justification is 
> that in the case where you do want to watch the progress it takes an 
> extra step to restart a 2nd command and start polling.  brew behaves 
> this way and I think it works really well.
> 
> Mike

Hmm, interesting...

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Jason L Connor
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