Encouraging ports to include use_parallel_build

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On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
> Of our 5256 ports, 326 (6.2%) indicate they can build in parallel, and 33
> (0.6%) indicate that they cannot. That leaves 4897 ports (93.1%) which do
> not indicate whether a parallel build is possible or not, and in this case,
> MacPorts will assume a parallel build is not possible.
>
> I would like to encourage port authors to indicate in their portfiles
> whether parallel building is possible or not. I'm considering whether we
> should add a check for this to "port lint". Hypothetical output:
>
>
> $ port lint giflib
> --->  Verifying Portfile for giflib
> Warning: Consider adding use_parallel_build
> --->  0 errors and 1 warnings found.
> $
>
+1
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