From: "Theo de Raadt" Subject: Re: man release , MP build doc To: Scott Cheloha Cc: "Sven F." , tech@openbsd.org Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:50:06 -0700 > I think there are too many variables to offer such advice in > release.8. Your critique wanders into how -j isn't right. But, actually it is right. It's "jobs". It doesn't say "critical thinking about other aspects". > Anybody who is savvy enough to build the system from source will know > about parallel builds. If they don't, they will probably learn about > them relatively quickly. At that point, they will need to experiment > with different values to find an optimal choice for a given setup > and context. Exactly. Everyone who knows about this, uses it, and makes their own evaluation. I think what you're saying (and which I agree with) is that noone should use -j options until they've discovered it organically because they want things to be faster, and they've already concluded that they need consider the details. It's going to sound a bit strange, but some things should not be documented.