pculture/mirocommunity — comment on commit 2f7dfb50514a905882fe08dd2ceacb19eb2748b4
File: localtv/models.py line 1270
By melinath:

I think so. It may be a little slower, but:

1. the process is being run asynchronously, so it won't affect the user experience.
2. it's more accurate this way. The import actually gets marked as finished when it is finished. This means it's easier to benchmark, and users won't get confused by an import that's ostensibly complete but which doesn't have all the videos in yet.
3. relatedly, there's less of a chance with this version that automatic feed imports with auto_approve on will run over the video limit for the site. (As opposed to checking once at the beginning of the import and then using that for every video.)

Of course, if there is a faster way to get the same benefits, I'm open to it.