> > The main problem you would have with a multi-cpu build would be > understanding the console output. Since maven isn't threaded already > the output would be interwoven and impossible to understand. >
Agree... Will only be readable on separated text logs. Or multi column output (just a joke =D). VELO On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Barrie Treloar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Benedikt Thelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, i am sort of a maven newbee, > > At our workplce we have a quite big Coccon project in developenet and > we use > > maven to build it. Building takes usually 5-6 minutes which is quite a > > while. I noticed using gkrellm and htop that maven only uses one of the > two > > processors (Levono Thinkpad with intel core Duo) in my notebook. > > Question: Is there a way to tell maven to use both CPU's while > building? I > > searched gooogle a lot but i didn't find anything. > > If you are building your entire system, including unit tests, in under > 10 minutes that should be good enough. > > 6 minutes is fine. It gives you time to stretch your legs, go to the > loo, grab a drink. > > The alternatives are: > > * manually select which modules to build, (i.e only the ones you > changed) - generally it is faster to run it at the project root than > cd around typing mvn commands > > * setup your IDE to use direct project references instead of > ~/.m2/repository references - then you can develop without running > maven at all !!!! You only run maven just prior to committing the > changes back, which is much less often and you can afford the waste of > 6 minutes. > > * turn off plugins for development and make sure they are on for > continuous development. e.g. you may not need to run checkstyle as > your IDE is already checking this. > > > The main problem you would have with a multi-cpu build would be > understanding the console output. Since maven isn't threaded already > the output would be interwoven and impossible to understand. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
