From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: Guix size reduction work group Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:35:18 +0100 Message-ID: <87d0aq13op.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87pneul50i.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87blqdnjuv.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42644) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j0BHh-0003At-U9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:35:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: (zimoun's message of "Wed, 5 Feb 2020 17:11:17 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: zimoun Cc: Guix Devel Hi, zimoun skribis: >> The thing is, I think it=E2=80=99s something that requires constant care= , every >> time we add a package or modify an existing one. It=E2=80=99s very easy= to lose >> benefits that had been previously obtained through hard work! > > I have never thought, neither tried but is it possible to find and/or > build all the packages that 'inherit' from a specific one? Nope (=E2=80=98inherit=E2=80=99 is purely syntactic, it doesn=E2=80=99t =E2= =80=9Clive on=E2=80=9D at run time.) What would it buy you, though? Ludo=E2=80=99.