Re: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On sam., 14 janv. 2023 at 23:07, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

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> $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.2.0 -- size emacs 

[...]

> total: 859.7 MiB
> $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.3.0 -- size emacs 

[...]

> total: 880.5 MiB
> $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.4.0 -- size emacs 

[...]

> total: 1592.7 MiB
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>
> I think something went wrong here.  :-)

[...]

> We should do better.  I mean, it’s just a text editor, isn’t it?

Just to note to Guix itself significantly grows. :-)

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$ for i in 2 3 4; do guix time-machine --commit=v1.$i.0 -- size guix 
--sort=self ;done
store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/n8vdar2f60mvq62g7mngpqwykbm9rw1q-guix-1.2.0rc2-1.0d4b1af   496.0   
244.5  49.3%
/gnu/store/18hp7flyb3yid3yp49i6qcdq0sbi5l1n-guile-3.0.2            132.8    
53.2  10.7%
/gnu/store/ah16zr8mmfkqy23rr7jy5a842ca1q9h1-guile-3.0.4            131.4    
51.9  10.5%
/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31              38.4    
36.7   7.4%
/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib           71.0    
32.6   6.6%
/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31    13.9    
13.9   2.8%

[...]

total: 496.0 MiB
store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/9r4954qlv3pszpb8g3h5q2yn1xkda8vm-guix-1.3.0rc2-1.566982b   564.8   
263.9  46.7%
/gnu/store/18hp7flyb3yid3yp49i6qcdq0sbi5l1n-guile-3.0.2            132.8    
53.2   9.4%
/gnu/store/m5iprcg6pb5ch86r9agmqwd8v6kp7999-guile-3.0.5            131.7    
52.1   9.2%
/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31              38.4    
36.7   6.5%
/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib           71.0    
32.6   5.8%
/gnu/store/qzj0j8lv58fyr7dbsjj4fzjcqvgmkwzb-glib-2.62.6            110.3    
14.7   2.6%
/gnu/store/rgydar9dfvflqqz2irgh7njj34amaxc6-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31    13.9    
13.9   2.5%

[...]

total: 564.8 MiB
store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/9nvx97hr8kkr26gzwni2fblfn0yq0xjw-guix-1.4.0rc2          637.2   
330.1  51.8%
/gnu/store/qlmpcy5zi84m6dikq3fnx5dz38qpczlc-guile-3.0.8            130.0    
53.0   8.3%
/gnu/store/cnfsv9ywaacyafkqdqsv2ry8f01yr7a9-guile-3.0.7            129.1    
52.0   8.2%
/gnu/store/5h2w4qi9hk1qzzgi1w83220ydslinr4s-glibc-2.33              38.3    
36.6   5.7%
/gnu/store/094bbaq6glba86h1d4cj16xhdi6fk2jl-gcc-10.3.0-lib          71.7    
33.4   5.2%
/gnu/store/96srhmpmxa20wmsck95g3iq4hb3lz4a0-glib-2.70.2             98.1    
15.3   2.4%
/gnu/store/mw3py6smb1pk8yx298hd9ivz9lzbksqi-glibc-utf8-locales-2.33    13.9    
13.9   2.2%

[...]

total: 637.2 MiB
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Cheers,
simon