From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: zimoun Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Speeding_up_=E2=80=9Cguix_pull=E2=80=9D=3A_splitting_modules?= Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 13:13:57 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87k1657i7j.fsf@elephly.net> <87zhexd3ec.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]:36846) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iptBA-0006o3-Hz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:14:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iptB9-0006si-DM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:14:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87zhexd3ec.fsf@gnu.org> 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: =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: Guix Devel Hi Ludo, On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 22:50, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > > On the other hand: this would need to be an ongoing effort. Newly > > introduced packages or even new features might create complex module > > cycles. It sounds tedious to keep track of this and to enforce > > boundaries. > > Yes, I think this is a dead end: glibc could well end up become on > Haskell (hi, Pandoc!), and then the whole module split effort collapses. What kind of metrics could help to detect which modules are going to the wrong way? For example, would some DAG post-processings help? All the best, simon