[Boost-users] boost parallel build, will it get better?

From: Daniel Goller (morfic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-18 23:01:42

Hi,

i was wondering if there is a possibility boost (bjam?) will be
supporting parallel builds better in the future, i was testing building
with -j5 (-j5 is about the sweet spot at which distcc creates enough
load on the helping XP3200 for this mac mini i work on) and boost was no
longer able to successfully build, something it did before readding
support for the user selected number of jobs.
Basically im wondering what to tell users who start to notice we do not
support their -jN settings ("bear with us it'll work in future" vs "we
do not know if it will ever work") after having received notice that
supporting make options might not be taken well by bjam (and being able
to confirm this with distcc), while at the same time wishing i could
take advantage of distcc myself.

Is this something of concern to boost, or will it most likely remain at
the state as it is in the 1.32.0 release?

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Daniel