Stop import action on in-progress imports

[jeremyboggs]

In-progress imports don't have an action to pause or stop the import altogether. There was an undo button in the 1.5 branch of the plugin. I think it'd be handy to have that in the new version, or something similar. Is this just an omission, or a change in thinking for how you see users interacting with the imports?

[zerocrates]

Were you previously able to "undo" an import that was in progress?

That doesn't sound familiar. Undo was always something that existed for imports that were complete.

[jeremyboggs]

Sorry, no, looking at the code in the old plugin, it did only allow "undo" for completed imports. I thought it did have an action to stop an on-going import, but looking at the views and controller in the 1.5 branch, it doesn't seem to have it.

Still think it'd be handy to have, so if others think so I can work on a feature branch and send a pull request.

[willynilly]

Is there a way to pause and resume an ongoing background process?

[zerocrates]

I don't think we've ever given a way to do that.

Jobs only add to the complication. User-initiated pause/resume for these imports seems like a pretty niche use case.

[willynilly]

@zerocrates @clioweb So can be close this issue because it is undoable?

[zerocrates]

Unassigned for the time being.

[jeremyboggs]

Is stopping an import also impossible?