[gentoo-user] Re: --jobs

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>> This is a brand new install, and I've changed very little.  I've done
>> nothing consciously to effect how many jobs are to be run.
>
> In that case I think it is working normally. It won't run more than 1
> job unless you ask it to do so.

I followed another thread recently about this, and I understood the
new behavior is set this way because emerge will be running more than
1 job and that would be a mess to put into one terminal... hence the
line showing jobs.  

But if it is not default to run more than 1 job then why is the other
(emerge) default in place, and blocking the normal output of -v?

Seems like these defaults should all be on the same page.

If emerge is not set to run more than 1 job at a time then the
intrusive `--jobs ???? --load ????' baloney should not be in place by
default either.   But I'm sure our developers have much better reasons
than I might dream up for doing it this (seemingly confusing) way.

I'm not really complaining so much as just a little confused as to
what is the reasoning for this change.