there are two solutions for reducing deployment/build time. First is to use distcc on all machines (so when idle, they contribute to the building of any package

there are two solutions for reducing deployment/build time. First is to use distcc on all machines (so when idle, they contribute to the building of any packages). Second solution is to build one master image, quickpkg it, and then deploy the binaries. I use a combination of both; all binaries are compiled for sandy bay architechture, so I get most of the benefits (though haswell/broadwell gets faster VLC/ffmpeg if I recompile), and they build at night when nobody's around.