GUI should show some indication that linting is current running and/or has finished

[akrherz]

Environment data

• VS Code version: 1.24.0
• Extension version (available under the Extensions sidebar): 2018.5.0
• OS and version: RHEL7 64bit
• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): Anaconda provided python 3.6
• Type of virtual environment used (N/A | venv | virtualenv | conda | ...): conda
• Relevant/affected Python packages and their versions: pylint=1.9.2, pep8=1.7.1, flake8=3.5.0

Actual behavior

No GUI indication that any of my configured pylinters are currently running or have finished running, only the vague "No problems have been detected in the workspace so far"

Expected behavior

When I save a python file and the linters run, some GUI evidence should show that they have been started and output should come later. Currently, I have to guess by denoting if my laptop CPU fan is humming louder due to the linters or assume after 10-20 seconds that linting has finished?!?! Sometimes the linting will take 20-30 seconds to complete and my attention went elsewhere :(

Steps to reproduce:

1. open python code
2. fix my previous poor coding
3. save
4. observe nothing in the GUI tells me linting processes are now running

Thank you for the consideration and excellent product. I am so thankful to have this tool!

[luabud]

Thank you for the suggestion! If you open the output panel, you'll be able to see when the linter starts running and when it finishes. We don't have any plans to do more than that for now.

[akrherz]

Thanks for the response, but I see nothing in the output nor problems panel while linters are running.