Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Which of these options sounds most useful as a default behaviour for
> foreground and exclusive builds?

I would choose this one:

> 4) Output to stdout / stderr, also keep build logs in a file which is
> removed if the build succeeds, and keep any e* messages in a different
> file.

because I think most people want build logs only if the build doesn't succeed

> Which of these options sounds most useful as a default behaviour for
> background and parallel actions?

this one:

> v) Output to build logs only. Show when we start or complete a task
> to stdout. If a task has been running for $to_be_determined seconds,
> show a status message saying it's still going and automatically show
> the tail of its build log (if there's anything new) as "this is what's
> going on".

because default should be imho a bit more verbose than just start/complete 
task... at least I'm used to the fact that paludis talks a lot (in default)

btw. parallel fetching (only) is also planned?
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