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Re: [Launchpad-users] Long PPA Build Queue



On Thursday 05 November 2009 13:30:48 Vadim Peretokin wrote:
> What I'm wondering is why hasn't anyone brought up the idea of limiting?

They have!  And it's been implemented in the release today.

Basically each PPA can now only use at most one builder of a particular 
architecture at a time.  You should see much better throughput when the daily 
builds kick off as they won't monopolise the build farm any more.

> Frankly, people building linux kernels/webkit/firefox/xulrunner/chrome in
> them daily were always a problem to those who want to build a package that
> takes 2-3 min and rely on PPAs as a means of distribution.

Let's see if the change helps.

J



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