On 16-10-2014 16:02, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I'm trying to add some info about SBU times in the Conventions page in > Chapter 1. This is what I've come up with:
This is very welcome! > "As in LFS, each package has a build time listed in Standard Build > Units (SBUs). These times are relative to the time it took to build > binutils in LFS. Most times listed are for a single processor or core > to build the package. In some cases, large, long running packages tested perhaps the word "build" is better, connected with "long"? > on multi-core systems have SBU times listed with comments such as > '(parallelism=4)'. These values indicate testing was done using > multiple cores. Note that while this speeds up the build on systems > with the appropriate hardware, the speedup is not linear and to some > extent depends on the individual package." Also depends on hardware: amount of RAM, swap, etc. > > I'm not entirely satisfied with this paragraph and would like some input > on how this should be worded. It can be improved, but is already in very good shape to enter the book. As this is a major modifications, I think it deserves mentioning in the ChangeLog and in the Tickets System. -- []s, Fernando -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
