From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Policy to remove obsolete packages Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:32:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87h8dgfszd.fsf@elephly.net> References: <20190204100318.208254da@alma-ubu> <87munbkvy8.fsf@gnu.org> <20190205111301.2070ec2d@alma-ubu> <20190205213134.yluu4butrdrcy6uj@uptimegirl.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:35901) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grgmn-0001ZU-1u for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:20:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grgmm-0005gc-6x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:20:01 -0500 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21144) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1grgmk-0005T8-HE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2019 05:19:59 -0500 In-reply-to: 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.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: swedebugia Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org swedebugia writes: > I like the idea of keeping it simple and now we tried the lumped > modules approach. I don't like it so much to be honest. > > It comes with obvious drawbacks when the package per file grow and > subcategorization have to be done. > > But is it efficient in guile to load hundreds of modules where all > pull in more or less the same dependencies? > > If yes I think your idea is worthwhile Nils. > > We might have 3 repos: wip, core, extra [=E2=80=A6] This is a tangent. This thread is about removing obsolete packages. Let=E2=80=99s not discuss moving packages each to their own module here. T= his has been discussed elsewhere and it=E2=80=99s a can of worms (which is fine= if you=E2=80=99re a bird, but not so good if you want to close the can again). If you=E2=80=99re interested in playing with this you can do this in a local branch and see how it behaves and what drawbacks it has. But I don=E2=80= =99t think it=E2=80=99s a good use of our time discussing it (again). -- Ricardo