More granular progress reporting
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Description
When building large packages, there is no output between the start and finish of package installation. For large package installs, it would be helpful to show some indication that things are moving.
Some ideas:
- Optionally stop suppressing output from the install.
- Optionally show some progress indicator as install output occurs (maybe a dot every N output characters, occasionally inserting a newline).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the package installation path that suppresses output; the payload does not name a file or test. Decide whether the completed work should restore install output or provide a progress indicator, then verify that large package installs show activity between start and finish.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100