[Swift-devel] walltime compulsion

[Ben Clifford]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Mihael Hategan wrote:

> What I put in there is the middle ground between no walltime and
> mandatory walltime.

I think the middle ground is less desirable than either extreme.

> For many small things 10 minutes is fine. But I also wouldn't want the
> user to be surprised that their 30 minute job for which they didn't put
> a walltime in never completes. So there's a once-per-job warning which
> is supposed to persuade the user to specify a walltime.

Having a warning/recommendation is fine.

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