From: Joey Hess Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:13:43 +0000 (-0500) Subject: * Add a warning about runing too many jobs at a time. X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/myrepos.git/commitdiff_plain/4f6dbb4fb3f744397618026f52b605eeb395e91d * Add a warning about runing too many jobs at a time. --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 29e5071..b794323 100644 --- 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 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:02:40 -0500 mr (0.14) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/mr b/mr index 30f2e7f..8cfe013 100755 --- 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. + =back =head1 FILES