This process seems fairly slow. Takes about 1, sometimes 2 seconds per frame. With thousands of frames that have dependencies, this can really slow things down.
For example:
2013-11-21 16:17:51: Dependency script returned 135 tasks that can start: /mnt/s2/exchange/software/managed/pythonScripts/site-packages/scl/deadline/scriptDependency.py
2013-11-21 16:17:51: Released pending task 0 with frame(s) 1009-1009 for job "[SEA] ESS_030_8180_v0002_jsa_Specy_images_render3d_Light-All_0" because the frames it depends on have finished and/or its required assets are available.
2013-11-21 16:17:52: Released pending task 1 with frame(s) 1010-1010 for job "[SEA] ESS_030_8180_v0002_jsa_Specy_images_render3d_Light-All_0" because the frames it depends on have finished and/or its required assets are available.
2013-11-21 16:17:53: Released pending task 2 with frame(s) 1011-1011 for job "[SEA] ESS_030_8180_v0002_jsa_Specy_images_render3d_Light-All_0" because the frames it depends on have finished and/or its required assets are available.
... lots of lines here
2013-11-21 16:20:26: Released pending task 133 with frame(s) 1142-1142 for job "[SEA] ESS_030_8180_v0002_jsa_Specy_images_render3d_Light-All_0" because the frames it depends on have finished and/or its required assets are available.
2013-11-21 16:20:26: Released pending task 134 with frame(s) 1143-1143 for job "[SEA] ESS_030_8180_v0002_jsa_Specy_images_render3d_Light-All_0" because the frames it depends on have finished and/or its required assets are available.Took 2 and a half minutes for a single job.
While executing the (sometimes slow) dependency checking script that globs a bunch of folders on the server only took 6 seconds:
2013-11-21 16:17:44: Executing dependency script: /mnt/s2/exchange/software/managed/pythonScripts/site-packages/scl/deadline/scriptDependency.py
... output from dependency script
2013-11-21 16:17:51: Dependency script returned 135 tasks that can start: /mnt/s2/exchange/software/managed/pythonScripts/site-packages/scl/deadline/scriptDependency.py