[buckminster-dev] Re: WorkspaceCatchUpJob blocks UI

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Johannes,
I've noticed this too and made the same conclusion. So a patch would be very appreciated. The 
partial results must be investigated of course. That's never OK.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

Johannes Utzig wrote:
> ok, some further testing revealed that the job indeed needs to finish 
> before there are reliable results.
> I would therefore like to change the behaviour of the Dialog and the 
> AbstractCSpecAction so they are no longer freezing the UI.
> If that's ok with you, I'd like to create a bug and submit a patch 
> during the weekend.
>
> However, it still seems strange to me that the first caller gets 
> blocked, while subsequent callers to WorkspaceInfo return immediatly 
> with potentially partial results....
>
>
> Best regards,
> Johannes