From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: pspp: Update to 0.10.0
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 18:46:19 +0200
Message-ID: <87d1qer1no.fsf@gnu.org>
References: <1459059892-31699-1-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org>
	<20160327100004.383a9213@debian-netbook>
	<20160327071458.GA12887@jocasta.intra> <874mbrzuzt.fsf@gnu.org>
	<20160328074547.GA27567@jocasta.intra>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-path: <guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41871)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1akaJ8-0004Z7-PO
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:46:30 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <ludo@gnu.org>) id 1akaJ5-0008BQ-Jp
	for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:46:26 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20160328074547.GA27567@jocasta.intra> (John Darrington's message
	of "Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:45:47 +0200")
List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution."
	<guix-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel>
List-Post: <mailto:guix-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel>,
	<mailto:guix-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
To: John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org

John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 07:33:10PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>      John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis:
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
>      > Postgres ships with a client interface library called libpq - usin=
g it is optional
>      > in pspp.  If you have it, it allows pspp to directly connect to po=
stgres databases.
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
>      I guess the PostgreSQL dependency might be debatable since it would
>      probably significantly increase the closure size.  Could you check ?=
??guix
>      size??? and decide whether adding this dependency is a good thing, b=
ased
>      on its size/benefit ratio?   :-)
>=20=20=20=20=20=20
> For this reasons, most distos which ship postgres put the libpq &c in a s=
eperate package.
> Guix so far as I can see is the only one which does not.  Should we split=
 postgres into
> two (or more) outputs ?

Why not, again depending on the cost/benefit ratio in terms of closure
size and usability.

Ludo=E2=80=99.