Index: /trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro
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--- /trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro	(revision 40149)
+++ /trunk/ippTasks/pstamp.pro	(revision 40150)
@@ -20,4 +20,14 @@
 $pstampQCleanup_DB = 0
 
+# limit number of requests in the queue to avoid blocking everything
+# when jobs take an infinite amount of time to parse
+$PSTAMP_PARSE_LIMIT = 20
+macro set.parse.limit
+    $PSTAMP_PARSE_LIMIT = $1
+end
+macro get.parse.limit
+    echo parse limit : $PSTAMP_PARSE_LIMIT
+end
+
 # give up on dependents with fault_count >= $PSTAMP_MAX_FAULT_COUNT
 $PSTAMP_MAX_FAULT_COUNT = 3
@@ -408,5 +418,8 @@
         # limit number of requests in the queue to avoid blocking everything
         # when jobs take an infinite amount of time to parse
-        $run = $run -limit 10
+        #$run = $run -limit 10
+        # except parsing is not label/prio based, high prio can get stuck behind low prio, so bump up to 20
+        # -- should be a config option 
+        $run = $run -limit $PSTAMP_PARSE_LIMIT 
         command $run
     end