Bug#209008: parallel building: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS or DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS_PARALLEL

The proposed policy suggests "that the package should
be built using
up to <tt>n</tt> parallel processes".
Please clarify:

 - The package should not build using more than <n>
processes. If
   parallel=1 is used, the build should be sequential. This
would
   give buildd maintainers some way to control the build
process.

 - What to do if that option is not present? Should a
package be
   allowed to build in parallel anyway, determing the number
of
   processes itself, or should it be a sequential build?


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On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 04:56:14PM +0200, Matthias Klose
wrote:
>  - What to do if that option is not present? Should a
package be
>    allowed to build in parallel anyway, determing the
number of
>    processes itself, or should it be a sequential
build?

I think it should behave as is currently required then; that
is to say,
make it a sequential build.

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