Re: [gentoo-dev] Multiple emerges at the same time. ("multi-tasking" in portage)

[Daniel Robbins]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 01:51:46AM +0000, Miguel S. Filipe wrote:
> While reading this,  It reminded me of a thought i allready had.
>
> Why isn't portage more multi-task? What stops it from, while it's busy
> building something, downloading the packages that its going to
> (build/compile/install) next?
> This would speed up the merging process for those with slow internet
> connections, and it would not affect performance I believe. Is there any
> problem with this? Is it just dificult to implement, or its much more
> tricky and  problematic that it seems?

I have actually started working on this and should have it done in a
few days.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@g.o>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.