Bug#728613: please support parallel package builds

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| gregor herrmann, 03.11.2013 16:08:09 +0100 |=-
> On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 13:43:31 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> 
> > Package: libfile-mimeinfo-perl
> > Version: 0.20-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> > File: /usr/bin/mimeopen
> > Tags: patch
> > 
> > patch attached.
> 
> While I agree that parallel builds are nice, I'm not sure we want to
> manually [0] add --parallel to each of our ~2700 packages, I'd rather see
> this changed in debhelper (and CDBS); which seems to be not so
> trivial, since this is discussed on the BTS every now and then.
> 
> [0] Well, we could do a nice mass-change, if we want.
> 
> What do others think?

My guess is that debhelper won't change defaults, even with new 
compatibility levels, so --parallel will be needed.

Are we sure all the builder modules can safely be used in parallel 
mode?

If so, I guess it is time to try and employ it.
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