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tor 2001-12-06 klockan 02.51 skrev Miguel S. Filipe: |
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> While reading this, It reminded me of a thought i allready had. |
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> Why isn't portage more multi-task? What stops it from, while it's busy |
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> building something, downloading the packages that its going to |
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> (build/compile/install) next? |
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> This would speed up the merging process for those with slow internet |
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> connections, and it would not affect performance I believe. Is there any |
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> problem with this? Is it just dificult to implement, or its much more |
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> tricky and problematic that it seems? |
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This has been discussed, also the possibility to download all packages |
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before starting to build (so that you can disconnect before starting to |
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build). |
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Even on a fast connection it would be very nice to have the downloading |
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being done while compiling. |
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Regards, |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Mikael Hallendal |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Leader |
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CodeFactory AB, Stockholm, Sweden |
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