Show progress by default and allow to disable it
minor #745 Show progress by default and allow to disable it (keradus)

This PR was squashed before being merged into the 1.1-dev branch (closes #745).

Discussion
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Show progress by default and allow to disable it

Resolve #712

- [x] configure by option
- [x] configure by config

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52f04dd Show progress by default and allow to disable it