More Info about Downloading Data for ~300MB

[ZamanOof]

What would you like to add or change?: More information about Downloading Progress Why do you and others need this?: To Know the Progress of Downloading Over ~300MB who have slow internet for sure need it Another Suggest If there is no internet connection or slow (timeout) direct the user for offline install or give instruction to user to download it manually and put it at installation Directory file etc.. More Info

[davegson]

Hey there, thanks for suggesting this!

We did plan to add more details about this to the docs a while back, but then other things became more important. I hope we will be able to pick this back up in the next 2 months. We'll see - however, until then, here is the resources list without a lot of context:

• OS_ARCH/start/portmaster-start (10-15MB)
  • Starts Portmaster components and integrates with system service controls.
• OS_ARCH/core/portmaster-core (15-25MB)
  • The Portmaster Core Service that runs in the background.
• OS_ARCH/app/portmaster-app.zip (70-100MB, unpacks to 150-200MB)
  • A wrapper for the web technology based user interface, currently based on electron.
  • We want to find a better solution, see the Ditch Electron card on the backlog page.
• OS_ARCH/notifier/portmaster-notifier (5-15MB)
  • The Portmaster Tray Notifier.
• `windows_amd64/kext/portmaster-kext.sys (<1MB)
  • Windows Kernel Extension Driver for the Core Service. Windows only.
• `windows_amd64/kext/portmaster-kext.dll (<1MB)
  • Windows Kernel Extension Library for the Core Service. Windows only.
• `windows_amd64/notifier/portmaster-snoretoast.exe (<5MB)
  • Helper to interact with Windows notification system. Windows only.
• all/ui/modules/portmaster.zip (<5MB)
  • The actual Portmaster user interface.
  • This is separate from the app wrapper to enable quick and cheap updates.
• all/ui/modules/assets.zip (<10MB)
  • User interface related assets that change infrequently.
• all/ui/modules/console.zip (<5MB)
  • Development console to talk directly to the Portmaster's database API.
• all/intel/lists/base.dsdl (<25M, high variation possible)
  • The base layer of the filter lists intelligence data, which is usually updated once a month.
• all/intel/lists/intermediate.dsdl (<5MB, high variation)
  • The intermediate layer of the filter lists intelligence data, which is usually updated once a week.
• all/intel/lists/urgent.dsdl (<1MB, high variation)
  • The urgent layer of the filter lists intelligence data, which is updated hourly, if there are changes.
• all/intel/geoip/geoipv4.mmdb.gz (20-40MB, unpacks to 60-90MB)
  • IP version 4 address metadata database.
• all/intel/geoip/geoipv6.mmdb.gz (70-90MB, unpacks to 180-220MB)
  • IP version 6 address metadata database.

[davegson]

just realized I only read your first sentence properly and assumed it was only about getting more info about the resources. But you are suggesting to inform the user during install about the state of the progress. I'll assign @dhaavi who is better equipped to answer this

[dhaavi]

Hey @ZamanOof, thanks for bringing this to our attention!

Unfortunately, the installer framework we use here does not easily support this. We will keep this in mind for a future iteration of the installer - adding this to the backlog.

As a workaround, I don't think the installer removes files when it fails, meaning you can just run installer again and it will continue downloading where it left off.

[ZamanOof]

@davegson @dhaavi First: I try to Install it and take a while without success more than ~40Minute and get a message that the download failed (I noticed that the network disconnect) not bcs of timeout Second: what about download them as one file instead of multi files ?

I will try to redownload it tomorrow

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