cachetop: various issues
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Description
We've had problems with curses before (and still do, #1045) but I've just spent far too long trying to capture a screenshot of cachetop output and failing. It doesn't pause on Ctrl-S, and there's no -C to give rolling output like with other top tools.
I'm filing this ticket to suggest:
1. adding to CONTRIBUTING_SCRIPTS.md: do not use curses.
2. ditching curses from this tool.
We could fix Ctrl-S and -C with cachetop, but then what else?
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Research direction
Start with the cachetop entry point and CONTRIBUTING_SCRIPTS.md, then review how curses currently controls its output. Compare the proposed removal with the stated Ctrl-S and -C needs in other top tools. Done requires an agreed scope for changing cachetop and the contributor guidance, with the resulting behavior defined.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100