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Subject: Re: Change free space warning threshold from relative to absolute
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To: guix-devel@gnu.org, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>

Le 20 f=C3=A9vrier 2020 04:29:25 GMT-05:00, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar=
=2Exyz> a =C3=A9crit :
>Hi!
>
>Currently we display
>
>--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>guix package: warning: only 4=2E9% of free space available on /gnu/store
>hint: Consider deleting old profile generations and collecting garbage,
>along
>these lines:
>
>     guix gc --delete-generations=3D1m
>--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
>when the drive has less than 5% free space=2E
>
>I believe the 5% threshold to be not so relevant=2E  Indeed, on a 1=C2=A0=
TiB
>partition, 5% is 50=C2=A0GiB=2E  I would not worry to much about deleting
>generations then!
>
>What about changing the threshold to 5=C2=A0GiB?
>
>By the way, this reminds me of the same Windows XP misfeature that
>bugged
>millions of users for years=C2=A0:D

Well, I'd always receive the warning on one of my systems with only 20 GB =
of disk=2E Maybe make it 5GB or 5%, whichever is lower?