Apparently, though unproven, at 17:09 on Thursday 27 January 2011, Nikos Chantziaras did opine thusly:
> On 01/27/2011 04:53 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:30:30 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >>> Using --jobs does a better job of making use of your CPU because one > >>> package can use it fully for compiling while another is configuring. > >> > >> And what about the last package? The time you gained for faster > >> configure and install (which don't take too much time anyway) is wasted > >> again on the last package. > > > > So on a 20 package world update, only 19 are faster while the 20th runs > > at the same speed? Where's the loss there? Even if the last were slower, > > it would be worth it. > > Given the amount of time unpack/configure/install of most packages needs > (very short), my observation is that it would not be worth it. KDE. unpack/configure/install takes up a significant amount of time for KDE -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
