Re: Default output-sync setting (was: Re: [bug #33138] .PARLLELSYNC enhancement with patch)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:58:50 +0100
> From: Tim Murphy <address@hidden>
> Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> 
> try interpreting error messages from compiler/tool X when they're 10
> lines from the file that they refer to and don't include the
> filename in the error message.

That's unrelated: interpreting such output will be hard no matter what
order it comes in.

> b) Demand is usually only going to come from the few anyhow.  I think this
> is one of those features that few people will know to turn on but many will
> benefit anyhow.  The reason is that you will start to be able to write
> generic make output analysis tools.

People who write programs that parse Make output will find and use
this switch anyway; we could announce that prominently in NEWS if you
think the feature could go unnoticed.

But that is irrelevant to interactive human users and their use cases.

> c) Lets benchmark it on something like an android build and you can make a
> decision after that? Heck, lets try it with various things and be happy it
> works.

I already tried it, and I'm not happy, FWIW.