[Haskell-beginners] cabal -j

[Guy]

Brent Yorgey wrote:
> No; when the -j flag is turned on it uses an abbreviated output format
> that just tells you *what* it is doing (downloading XYZ package,
> configuring foo, building baz...) but not the details, with the
> details going to a separate log file for each package.  There may soon
> also be a way to use it with hydra-print which could be nice.

So if there aren't any downsides, why not make it the default?