* Add a warning about runing too many jobs at a time.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 29e50718153a3d98a2a36b4ff73276f8af37f044..b794323294d85d68e07dbce5499adb03aed06dc0 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mr (0.15) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
-  
+
   [ Joey Hess ]
   * Allow -n to be passed a number to specify how deep to go into
     subdirectories to find repositories to act on. Closes: #450621
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ mr (0.15) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Make -j with no argument run unlimited jobs in parallel, like make -j
     Closes: #452467
 
+  [ Joey Hess ]
+  * Add a warning about runing too many jobs at a time.
+
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:02:40 -0500
 
 mr (0.14) unstable; urgency=low

diff --git a/mr b/mr
index 30f2e7f858823d8ec1e94644abe2b7e3e4bd703c..8cfe01365a9994895430e2dbe714eb2b4cdb00b0 100755 (executable)
--- a/mr
+++ b/mr
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ Run the specified number of jobs in parallel, or an unlimited number of jobs
 with no number specified. This can greatly speed up operations such as updates.
 It is not recommended for interactive operations.
 
+Note that running more than 10 jobs at a time is likely to run afoul of
+ssh connection limits. Running between 3 and 5 jobs at a time will yeild
+a good speedup in updates without loading the machine too much.
+
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