@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@

 import sys

 import datetime

+import time

 import Utils

 class Progress(object):

     _stdout = sys.stdout

+    _last_display = 0

     def __init__(self, labels, total_size):

         self._stdout = sys.stdout

@@ -48,6 +50,13 @@ class Progress(object):

         self._stdout.write(u"%(source)s -> %(destination)s  %(extra)s\n" % self.labels)

         self._stdout.flush()

+    def _display_needed(self):

+        # We only need to update the display every so often.

+        if time.time() - self._last_display > 1:

+            self._last_display = time.time()

+            return True

+        return False

+

     def display(self, new_file = False, done_message = None):

         """

         display(new_file = False[/True], done = False[/True])

@@ -98,6 +107,10 @@ class ProgressANSI(Progress):

             self._stdout.flush()

             return

+        # Only display progress every so often

+        if not (new_file or done_message) and not self._display_needed():

+            return

+

         timedelta = self.time_current - self.time_start

         sec_elapsed = timedelta.days * 86400 + timedelta.seconds + float(timedelta.microseconds)/1000000.0

         if (sec_elapsed > 0):

@@ -132,6 +145,10 @@ class ProgressCR(Progress):

             self.output_labels()

             return

+        # Only display progress every so often

+        if not (new_file or done_message) and not self._display_needed():

+            return

+

         timedelta = self.time_current - self.time_start

         sec_elapsed = timedelta.days * 86400 + timedelta.seconds + float(timedelta.microseconds)/1000000.0

         if (sec_elapsed > 0):