On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 09:32:36PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 12:21:00AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
>> 
>> But I was wondering... would it be possible to build the 10% most
>> used packages for the most popular arches first.
>
>Defining these 10% packages won't be easy. Letting the build system
>decide the order based on dependancies is probably the easiest.
>Anther issue is with the upload script. I'm quite sure I can't run it
>while a build is running.
>

No worries, but this may be interisting

Recursive Make Considered Harmful
http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf
http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97-de.pdf
    This paper talks about the build process for large projects, and some of the pitfalls when using Make.
    There is also a German translation available, courtesy of CM Magazin.


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