I use Guix on an old thinkpad, and I've noticed that every time I run `guix pull` followed by `guix package -u`, I need to compile many of the packages. That whole process could take about an hour on my laptop (compiling the package definitions, and many of the package upgrades in my profile). I usually also have to close all my Firefox processes to free up memory. On a weekly basis, I basically need to give up my laptop to guix for an hour.
My assumption is that this is due to the massive Hydra queue length. Hydra is so over-worked that many of the jobs get delayed for multiple days. As of this writing, 2 of the 7 jobs currently running on Hydra were queued 2 and 3 days ago. Is that a correct assumption? If so, should I just be waiting 2 days between `guix pull` and `guix package -u`? Is there some development work lined up to reduce the queue length, or is the Guix project just in need of more money to add machines to the build farm? Troy
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