Hi comrades,

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 17:16 +0100, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Please write to this mail and tell us what are you working on, or
> what do you like to work on for 1.1.

I'm currently working on ccache (speed up recompiling), distcc (compile
on more machines) and make -j <n> (parallel compile in <n> threads,
speed gain on multicore/smp etc) or in general speeding up the
buildprocess.

Another idea that i want to evaluate and eventually implement is
building in several instances, as an addition/alternative to make -j. So
not only compile on _one_ packet at a time, but build several packages
(that do not depend on each other) in parallel. This avoids "gaps" in
the processor usage, because even while some packet is downloading or
unpacking, there is another one compiling.

If you have more ideas on stressing the avaliable ressouces as much as
possible, or in general, building as fast as the machine can, please
tell me.

And yes, i know some developer(s) don't like make -j, ccache (and
possibly neither distcc). They'll become optional, non-default,
features. So no need to flame ;)

Bye,
Lothar

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