Re: Bug#518696: ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel

2010-12-29 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Kurt Roeckx (30/12/2010): > Do you know about parallel in moreutils? Is there an advantage over > that one? The bug log answers the former (yes). The 4 options mentioned in moreutils's manpage seem to have an equivalent in GNU parallel, according to the first link under “Documentation”. KiBi.

Re: Bug#518696: ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel

2010-12-29 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:28:16PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Time has passed and parallel became a GNU project: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ > > I guess packaging it can be reconsidered? Do you know about parallel in moreutils? Is there an advantage over that one?

Re: Bug#518696: ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel

2010-12-29 Thread R. Andrew Bailey
On 29/12/10 15:28 -0600, Samuel Thibault wrote: Hello, Time has passed and parallel became a GNU project: http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ I guess packaging it can be reconsidered? Samuel I've been working on a package for parallel, but I'm a newbie maintainer so it'll probably turn

Re: Bug#518696: ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel

2010-12-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Time has passed and parallel became a GNU project: http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/ I guess packaging it can be reconsidered? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-07-10 Thread Samuel Thibault
I just noticed moreutils version 0.36 now contains a parallel command too. I haven't tested it yet. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-11 Thread Ole Tange
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Ole Tange, le Wed 11 Mar 2009 17:05:34 +0100, a écrit : >> One of friends alerted me to your discussion of 'parallel' and whether >> other tools can replace it. > > The question could also be rephrased: can't we just extended xargs into > s

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Ole Tange, le Wed 11 Mar 2009 17:05:34 +0100, a écrit : > One of friends alerted me to your discussion of 'parallel' and whether > other tools can replace it. The question could also be rephrased: can't we just extended xargs into supporting what parallel does? Having two separate tools will alwa

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-11 Thread Ole Tange
One of friends alerted me to your discussion of 'parallel' and whether other tools can replace it. Here are some good examples to try to reproduce without 'parallel': $ ls | grep abc | parallel gzip -c >/tmp/file.gz Try this in a dir with 1000 50 kB sized mixed files with file names that include

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Philip Charles
Phil's in hospital. Will reply towards end of week. On Tuesday 10 March 2009, Chuan-kai Lin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:57:57PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > I thought at first "it's not particularly convenient", then "well, so > > what". Now I'm thinking "Mmm, but people won't know

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Chuan-kai Lin
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:57:57PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > I thought at first "it's not particularly convenient", then "well, so > what". Now I'm thinking "Mmm, but people won't know they should do it > and blame xargs for being broken". Also annotate-output is not enough > when programs

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Samuel Thibault (09/03/2009): > which makes parallel not take a command, but executes commands from > stdin. That can however be obtained by xargs sh -c. Another option > that xargs misses is > >-j +NAdd N to the number of CPUs. Run this many jobs in parallel. > For

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Chuan-kai Lin, le Mon 09 Mar 2009 12:46:35 -0700, a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:40:51AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > A lot of applications (including md5sum) would not necessarily print > > their output atomically and then you get mixed output. Either we add > > the option to finduti

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
Chuan-kai Lin, le Mon 09 Mar 2009 12:46:35 -0700, a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:40:51AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > A lot of applications (including md5sum) would not necessarily print > > their output atomically and then you get mixed output. Either we add > > the option to finduti

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Chuan-kai Lin
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:40:51AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > A lot of applications (including md5sum) would not necessarily print > their output atomically and then you get mixed output. Either we add > the option to findutils, or we package parallel. It appears to me that you can get the s

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Samuel Thibault writes: > Andreas Rottmann, le Mon 09 Mar 2009 11:25:11 +0100, a écrit : >> Did you know about the `-P' option of GNU xargs? > > Herm, I would have found it if the manpage didn't lack keywords like > "parallel", "simultaneous", ... Reassigning. > > That being said, I guess xargs l

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Samuel Thibault
clone 518696 -1 reassign -1 findutils retitle -1 Add "parallel" somewhere in the description of -P thanks Andreas Rottmann, le Mon 09 Mar 2009 11:25:11 +0100, a écrit : > Did you know about the `-P' option of GNU xargs? Herm, I would have found it if the manpage didn't lack keywords like "paralle

Re: #518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-09 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Samuel Thibault writes: > Package: wnpp > Version: N/A; reported 2009-03-08 > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name: parallel > Version : 20090218 > Upstream Author : Ole Tange > * URL : https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/parallel/ > * License : GPLv3 > Des

#518696 ITP: parallel -- build and execute command lines from standard input in parallel]

2009-03-08 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2009-03-08 Severity: wishlist * Package name: parallel Version : 20090218 Upstream Author : Ole Tange * URL : https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/parallel/ * License : GPLv3 Description : build and execute command line