removed sleep() line. added time to trace output. sorting files by size

lib/hydra/master.rb

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
         opts.merge!(YAML.load_file(config_file).stringify_keys!)
       end
       @files = opts.fetch('files') { [] }
+      @files.sort!{|a,b| File.size(b) <=> File.size(a)} # dumb heuristic
       @incomplete_files = @files.dup
       @workers = []
       @listeners = []

lib/hydra/trace.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       # Trace some output with the class's prefix and a newline.
       # Checks to ensure we're running verbosely.
       def trace(str)
-        $stdout.write "#{self.class._traceable_prefix}| #{str}\n" if @verbose
+        $stdout.write "#{Time.now.to_f} #{self.class._traceable_prefix}| #{str}\n" if @verbose
       end
     end
   end

lib/hydra/worker.rb

@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       idle_r = nil
       while idle_r.nil?
         idle_r = @runners.detect{|runner| runner[:idle]}
-        sleep(1)
       end
       return idle_r
     end