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Subject: Re: '-light' vs. '-minimal' packages
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Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-09-02 16:09 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>>
>>> An alternative is to inherit from the =E2=80=9Cr=E2=80=9D package in =
=E2=80=9Cstatistics.scm=E2=80=9D.
>>>
>>>     (define-module (my own packages)
>>>       #:use-module (guix packages)
>>>       #:use-module (gnu packages statistics)
>>>       #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
>>>
>>>     (define-public my-r
>>>       (package (inherit r)
>>>         (name "my-r")
>>>         ;; modify only the inputs here
>>>         (native-inputs (alist-delete "texlive" (package-native-inputs r=
)))
>>>         (inputs (alist-delete "icedtea6" (package-inputs r)))))
>>
>> Speaking of which: should we get rid of icedtea6:jdk in the default R
>> package (closure size: 1=C2=A0GiB), and maybe of TeX Live (4=C2=A0GiB)? =
 Or should
>> we provide, say, =E2=80=98r-light=E2=80=99 with the definition above?
>
> We have =E2=80=98bash-light=E2=80=99 and =E2=80=98wpa-supplicant-light=E2=
=80=99; =E2=80=98bioperl-minimal=E2=80=99 and
> =E2=80=98cups-minimal=E2=80=99.  I think we should stick to a single name=
 for such
> light/minimal packages.  (I prefer "=E2=80=A6-minimal")

Right, I realized I hadn=E2=80=99t made up my mind.  =E2=80=9CMinimal=E2=80=
=9D is probably
preferable, indeed.  Let=E2=80=99s rename and bash-light in core-updates, a=
nd
wpa-supplicant-light in master.

Ludo=E2=80=99.