Hi,

first off, I'm not sure if this is related rather to sbt or Play, so please give me an indication where this problem might be rooted.

When developing client-side-heavy apps with Play, I'm usually running Play in continuous mode ( sbt ~run) and make many small changes that get reflected in the browser instantly via play-autorefresh. I have a couple of snapshot dependencies, and these are checked again and again when recompiling code or assets.

Especially if I have multiple sbt processes running, one that is checking snapshots for the 1000th time can block the others with the dreaded Waiting for lock on ~/.ivy2/.sbt.ivy.lock to be available....

My guess is that this error stems from the fact that compile depends on update, but it is driving me insane, and stands in stark contrast to the otherwise wonderful development experience that is Play and sbt.

Cheers