Add a way to cancel the ZIM file creation
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 256
- Forks
- 75
- Avg merge
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Description
There is no way to cancel the zim file creation.
Either we finalize it or we don't. But do not finalize the creator may leads to some crash due to some thread cleaning not being done.
We have to either add a method cancel or properly handle the final cleaning (or both).
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the ZIM file creation and finalize lifecycle, then inspect how worker-thread cleanup behaves when finalization is skipped. Done means creation can be cancelled or safely cleaned up without a crash, with the relevant behavior covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100