Re: [PATCH] doc: MyFirstContribution: fix missing dependencies and clarify build steps

From: Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 12, 2026, 16:05 UTC
Message-ID: <20260112160828.350483-1-shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALE2CrTuZkFm1R3Bb6gFmrN1trr88vdO_7Aw6ycBYvFpWMEEtA@mail.gmail.com>

> One small thing I wondered about is the prove -j$(nproc) note. It
> might be worth mentioning that using all CPUs can make failures harder
> to read for beginners, so starting without it could be easier. Not a
> big deal, just a thought.

Actually, I included this mainly to make sure readers understand the purpose of -j$(nproc) in the command. The motivation for adding the note came from my own experience, where I ran the tests with this and it saturated my system resources and interfered with other important processes, which led me to reduce the parallel job count.

As for the difficulty that beginners may face when reading failures, my expectation was that users could either trace failures using the summary shown at the end of the test run or adjust the level of parallelism based on the note, rather than starting without parallelism altogether, which can significantly increase test runtime.

Best, Shreyansh