[distcc] Re: distcc 0.13 and "Default task limit"

[Martin Pool]

On 15 Nov 2002, Ben Elliston <bje at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Lystig Fritchie <nospam at snookles.com> writes:
> 
>   Scott>     % setenv DISTCC_HOSTS "proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy proxy"
>   Scott>     % make -j17 blahblah
> 
> Hmm -- I wonder if we can convince Martin to add support for a
> specific number of repetitions, like:
> 
>         setenv DISTCC_HOSTS "proxy{17}"

Well, I would, if it were this simple.

The right place to limit load is on the volunteers, because only they
know accurately how many jobs are coming in from other machines, and
how much local work they have.  Expect improvements in the next couple
of releases.

-- 
Martin