[Bug 1584299] [NEW] please support parallel operation

[Seth Arnold]

Public bug reported:

Hello, please consider supporting multiple package install processes
simultaneously, similar to make's -j command line option.

Computers are getting more processors rather than faster processors at
this point, and this trend is likely to continue.

When doing package builds on my computer I notice that during the
package installs, my CPU rarely goes above 3% utilization because only a
single core is in use. iostat -dmx 1 reported mostly 4-45% disk
utilization, with a mode around 25%. This machine is mostly idle for
most of a package build, because apt and dpkg are essentially single-
threaded.

Thanks

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  please support parallel operation

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello, please consider supporting multiple package install processes
  simultaneously, similar to make's -j command line option.

  Computers are getting more processors rather than faster processors at
  this point, and this trend is likely to continue.

  When doing package builds on my computer I notice that during the
  package installs, my CPU rarely goes above 3% utilization because only
  a single core is in use. iostat -dmx 1 reported mostly 4-45% disk
  utilization, with a mode around 25%. This machine is mostly idle for
  most of a package build, because apt and dpkg are essentially single-
  threaded.

  Thanks

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