From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>, 30500@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#30500] [PATCH] services: cups: Add all extensions by default.
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:51:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuuqfhnz.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sh9ntz0l.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic Courtès"'s message of "Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:57:14 +0100")
Dear,
What is the status of the bug #30500 [1]? It is tagged 'moreinfo' and
now a bit old. It is about the addition of the two packages 'escpr' and
'hplip' to the service 'cups'.
1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/30500>
On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 at 18:57, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:
> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/services/cups.scm (cups-configuration): Add all extensions by default.
>> ---
>> gnu/services/cups.scm | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/services/cups.scm b/gnu/services/cups.scm
>> index 4c62e6a6f..4e7325a74 100644
>> --- a/gnu/services/cups.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/services/cups.scm
>> @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ programs."))
>> (package cups)
>> "The CUPS package.")
>> (extensions
>> - (package-list (list cups-filters))
>> + (package-list (list cups-filters escpr hplip))
>
> Also ‘foomatic-filters’.
>
>> "Drivers and other extensions to the CUPS package.")
>> (files-configuration
>> (files-configuration (files-configuration))
>
> I can definitely understand the usability argument. The counter
> argument would be this:
>
> $ guix size cups-filters | tail -1
> total: 270.4 MiB
> $ guix size cups-filters escpr hplip foomatic-filters | tail -1
> total: 569.5 MiB
>
> I think carrying all this could make ‘guix system reconfigure’
> heavyweight for many—lots of unnecessary downloads/rebuilds, etc.
What people think?
All the best,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-19 13:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-17 14:54 [bug#30500] [PATCH] services: cups: Add all extensions by default Danny Milosavljevic
2018-02-26 17:57 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-19 13:51 ` zimoun [this message]
2020-10-19 15:58 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2020-10-28 17:24 ` zimoun
2020-11-17 23:07 ` zimoun
2020-11-18 8:28 ` Efraim Flashner
2020-11-18 8:48 ` zimoun
2020-11-18 9:00 ` bug#30500: " Danny Milosavljevic
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