From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-genomationdata.
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 08:36:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h9dohsih.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160523180956.GC18979@debian-netbook>
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 04:57:16PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-genomationdata): New variable.
>> ---
[...]
>> + (arguments `(#:substitutable? #f))
> ^^^^
> why not?
Because it’s an R data package, i.e. it’s a large download taking up
space on hydra; it’s the same for all architechtures and there’s no real
advantage in providing a binary substitute.
We’ve done the same for the genome data packages. It was more clear cut
then, because the download was about ten times bigger.
Still, I didn’t want to waste space on hydra with a substitute for
something that’s mostly a simple download.
~~ Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-24 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-23 14:57 [PATCH] gnu: Add r-genomationdata Ricardo Wurmus
2016-05-23 18:09 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-05-24 6:36 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2016-05-24 7:09 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-05-24 9:52 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-05-31 14:30 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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