On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 23:10:46 +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: wishlist > > How should packages behave if there is no explicit "parallel=N" in > DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS? I saw two different approaches: > > 1) Behave (roughly) like if parallel=1 was set. > > 2) Be clever and try to guess the "right" level of parallelism, e.g. > by using "getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN" or parsing /proc/cpuinfo > (ugh!). > > Could the Policy clarify which approach is correct? Thanks! > I think 1 would make most sense, and avoid breaking expectations, just like 'make' without -j runs one job at a time. Cheers, Julien
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