parallel startup

app.js

@@ -181,13 +181,14 @@ function start() {
 
 	async.waterfall([
 		async.apply(db.init),		
-		async.apply(db.checkCompatibility),
 		function (next) {
-			require('./src/meta').configs.init(next);
-		},
+			var meta = require('./src/meta');
+			async.parallel([
+				async.apply(db.checkCompatibility),
+				async.apply(meta.configs.init),	
 				function (next) {
 					if (nconf.get('dep-check') === undefined || nconf.get('dep-check') !== false) {
-				require('./src/meta').dependencies.check(next);
+						meta.dependencies.check(next);
 					} else {
 						winston.warn('[init] Dependency checking skipped!');
 						setImmediate(next);
@@ -195,6 +196,10 @@ function start() {
 				},
 				function (next) {
 					require('./src/upgrade').check(next);	
+				}				
+			], function (err) {
+				next(err);
+			});
 		},
 		function (next) {
 			var webserver = require('./src/webserver');

src/database/mongo.js

@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@
 
 	module.checkCompatibility = function (callback) {
 		var mongoPkg = require.main.require('./node_modules/mongodb/package.json');
-		var err = semver.lt(mongoPkg.version, '2.0.0') ? new Error('The `mongodb` package is out-of-date, please run `./nodebb setup` again.') : null;
 		
-		if (err) {
-			err.stacktrace = false;
+		if (semver.lt(mongoPkg.version, '2.0.0')) {
+			return callback(new Error('The `mongodb` package is out-of-date, please run `./nodebb setup` again.'));
 		}
-		callback(err);
+		
+		callback();
 	};
 
 	module.info = function (db, callback) {

src/database/redis.js

@@ -118,11 +118,10 @@
 			}
 
 			if (semver.lt(info.redis_version, '2.8.9')) {
-				err = new Error('Your Redis version is not new enough to support NodeBB, please upgrade Redis to v2.8.9 or higher.');
-				err.stacktrace = false;
+				return callback(new Error('Your Redis version is not new enough to support NodeBB, please upgrade Redis to v2.8.9 or higher.'));
 			}
 
-			callback(err);
+			callback();
 		});
 	};