[Nix-dev] hydra build priorities based on package popularity

[Wout Mertens]

Hi Mateusz,

What I do is update the channel and then check out the commit that
corresponds to it. That way, only your changes should trigger compiles.
On May 23, 2014 1:02 AM, "Mateusz Kowalczyk" <fuuzetsu at fuuzetsu.co.uk>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there some kind of a priority system on Hydra? As far as I
> understand, it just builds everything in order it comes in.
>
> Perhaps giving priority to more popular packages would be a good idea?
> If 1000 people want Qt but they have to build it themselves because
> there are 50 packages that in front of it that only 2 people fetch then
> maybe letting Qt be built first is the right thing to do.
>
> This is just a theoretical question, prompted by staring at Qt
> compilation: I imagine it's a popular package so it seems it should have
> been built ASAP.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Mateusz K.
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