>sam. 23 mai 2026 at 18:24, Sughosha <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Guix! > > I was thinking of reducing the closure size of Guix in general. I am inspired > by Alpine > Linux for having dev and doc outputs (I am not sure if they call them > "outputs", I was > using Alpine Linux some years ago). So, I think if we can make at least "dev" > output as > one of the defaults (just now only "out" exists as the default), we would be > able to move > a huge number of packages from inputs to native-inputs, having a great > reduction in the > closure size. Nice idea ! I’m all in for reducing closure in packages. Following with this idea, it would be great to prepare a demo implementation, taking one package, splitting outputs, and then adapting accordingly its dependent. This would clearly show the example, maybe with a couple of numbers about gains in terms of closures. Do you have any candidate in mind ? C.
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
