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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1674217028; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=URC8TVMckI//VUE61v9b8vYGKUWAaheKjMemgrmW1fA=; b=T5AE4NhksyHagW1iFqaNQzLa4kMwrphkfFxCO8KYxqFbfvWOFZzIBCjCZO2vELa88r+4rF fhgWgOu7IOESjd/zRnrwY+oGBY3s3aw2kun2jDN182uKehhmXLhmyc/WTlKBuG4hGaIeuH sZ8CghdLKQYHK3BFsxOkMXITLyk2iPax8E4jCHOoFs0e0S9oXqg5p1sCoqyrUokH3KoEaF K4p2OQu3NJrbir0QjjemppZo1wit5i8vST6PFHRvz/IEscBHN4Ftjti/SCuDK0sMWIh43o UiZDEXXjcsiYYMcK17LogXE4jwxFBEsHpGPg2a4/BPH653FJS8KCsjUHQCCatA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=P75TKXtb; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1674217028; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=ZTFIjjR0pj5P7BQfZIzMHEeV+0/slaIr31mjGB5zo3HfJHEMAnzt1f4oxJ4n32/vzYN3oA LoU/kvPuRlL+V1UCXyrHREpE0aqa8yn4oHdhZWCuLMNyU3aoqULHsh6G54+PdUSoxrREag Ma3kM4zyOmReOz+UkaJTma0va2Cl5nTq/FlEuZjMnwGqff/AMlUM9vrOuXK/X2PtbzTDNA +SD7D9pZ94OGBNXutGogwZ94k6gsRy4A6mlgMtvo0y3G/BWGnhnjyYkai83J8fhOrZWZy/ yvhsCH+8kcSOsu4gOYEk9NRTkPJxwDFM2eyPHBqsAypmZF/37DtydGyk7el7UQ== X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -4.78 X-Spam-Score: -4.78 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: E4C013DED Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=P75TKXtb; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-TUID: FUHU5wQu14SW Hi, On mer., 18 janv. 2023 at 21:44, Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix a= nd the GNU System distribution." wrote: > - does anyone actually install from a CD these days? > - Can an ISO be bigger than a CD then be installed on a memory stick? Florian reported an example in [1], quoting: my laptop doesn=E2=80=99t boot from USB, I have more CD/Rs than DVD= /Rs and I guess they are cheaper than DVD. 1: > It strikes me that this is like King Canute holding back the tide.=20 > Package size growth is pretty inevitable, and even if work now can bring= =20 > the size down to that of a CD, the same problem will occur in the not=20 > too distant future. > > Is it really a problem? Please educate me! :) >From my point of view, yes this increases is an issue, especially for the not too distant future. In the short term, we have to save resources because in this not too distant future, we will have to do the same (or more) using less. Cheers, simon