Bug 651254

Summary:	sys-apps/portage: add emerge --speed [y\|n] option that optimizes dependency resolution defaults for speed
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Zac Medico <zmedico>
Component:	Core - Interface (emerge)	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	esigra, josef64, pacho
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649158
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	155723

Description Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2018-03-23 16:25:11 UTC

For cases when time is of utmost concern, it would be nice it emerge had a --speed option to optimize the default dependency resolution parameters for speed. Since --speed will modify default parameters, it should also be possible to specify --speed together with other options that override the --speed defaults. Some parameters that --speed could affect are:

* --backtrack
* --complete-graph
* --autounmask