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Subject: Re: Guix size reduction work group
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:20:28 +0100
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Hi,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:
>>
>>> Shall we start a work group to fix the issue?
>>>
>>> - Write a blog article to explain the issue and a detailed process on
>>>   how to fix it.  (Embed it to the manual.)
>>
>> The =E2=80=9CSubmitting Patches=E2=80=9D section mentions closure size s=
pecifically.  Is
>> there anything you think we should add there?
>
> It does not give much details, e.g. the ones that Julien mentioned.
> Also I don't think `guix size' is enough, see below.

=E2=80=98guix size=E2=80=99 is a profiler, so when one is looking for ways =
to optimize
the size of package closures, it=E2=80=99s a good tool.

A graphical and interactive rendering would surely be an improvement,
but honestly, I don=E2=80=99t think that=E2=80=99s what=E2=80=99s preventin=
g us from reducing
the size of our packages.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.