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To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
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Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> writes:

> Update: I've been using --max-jobs=2 by default for about 2 weeks now,
> and it feels like a much smoother experience overall: faster downloads, faster
> builds.
>
> This is obviously a very dumb "optimization" but at least it serves to
> underline that Guix could still do much better by parallelizing
> downloads and build in a smart way.

Agree.

>
> I couple of ideas were mentioned in this thread: Anyone interested in
> working on them? :)

When I get some time, I would be more than happy to help with this.

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Brett M. Gilio
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