From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NO_RELAYS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix, from userid 1105) id B47DC1A51D; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:53:49 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:53:49 -0600 From: Daniel Robbins To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] multitasked emerge (download while build ...) Message-ID: <20011206115349.B26917@chiba.3jane.net> References: <1007633747.490.1.camel@djamil> <32998.63.204.248.196.1007658787.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32998.63.204.248.196.1007658787.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Organization: Gentoo Technologies, Inc. Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 267bf2ad-be36-4305-a72a-e075514842a9 X-Archives-Hash: 8440991b339b48f8779435f4596d3299 On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 09:13:07AM -0800, jano wrote: > > I doubt I have to mention this, but for the sake of "being careful" to make > sure the programs downloaded are finished before attempting to compile them. > :) Would it be useful to be able to toggle parallel downloading/compiling? > Only case I can see it helpful would be with a fairly antiquated machine. Don't worry; I'll be covering all the bases. You will be able to tune the amount of parallelization you want. The main feature that everyone will probably want to enable is to be able to download the sources for an application that hasn't yet started to compile, since another one is building at the moment. Best Regards, -- Daniel Robbins Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, Inc.