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From: Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
To: Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
	distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Jewell <paul@teulu.org>
Subject: Re: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:04:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bkmuy8tv.fsf@dismail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3586bd3c-2d97-ca0d-f722-be08a7440e1e@teulu.org> (Paul Jewell via's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:44:34 +0100")

Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:

> Evening all,
>
>
> Please forgive my ignorance if I have missed anything but:
>
> - does anyone actually install from a CD these days?
> - Can an ISO be bigger than a CD then be installed on a memory stick?
>
> It strikes me that this is like King Canute holding back the tide. Package size
> growth is pretty inevitable, and even if work now can bring the size down to
> that of a CD, the same problem will occur in the not too distant future.
>
> Is it really a problem? Please educate me! :)
>

Well if GNU Guix/Hurd System ever becomes a thing, you will need a CD to
install the Hurd.  The Hurd currently does not have usb support.  Though
work is ongoing to fix this.  Also the current Debian GNU/Hurd requires
a CD to install in real hardware.

>
> --
> Paul


  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-19 13:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-14 22:07 Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾 Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-15  5:51 ` kiasoc5
2023-01-15  8:07 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-16  2:09   ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-16  5:17     ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-16 13:27       ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-17 16:15     ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-15 12:56 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-15 17:00 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2023-01-17 16:25   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-17 23:05     ` zimoun
2023-01-17 23:49       ` zimoun
2023-01-18 21:04         ` Grandfathering store paths considered harmful (was: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾) Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-19 14:28           ` Grandfathering store paths considered harmful Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-19 18:10             ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-19 14:14       ` Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾 Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-20 10:51         ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-20 14:54           ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-18  2:41     ` kiasoc5
2023-01-18  8:43       ` indieterminacy
2023-01-19 14:32       ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-20 11:06         ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-17  8:06 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-01-17 16:18   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-17 21:54     ` John Kehayias
2023-01-19 15:30       ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2023-01-17 15:06 ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-19 14:34   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-18 20:44 ` Paul Jewell via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-01-19 13:04   ` Joshua Branson [this message]
2023-01-19 14:37   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-19 16:12     ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2023-01-19 18:07   ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-20 15:30     ` Csepp
2023-01-20 17:34       ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-21 12:29         ` bokr
2023-01-21 15:55           ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-20 12:11   ` Simon Tournier

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