From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia Subject: Re: GC hints Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 09:47:13 +0100 Message-ID: <4B1F772D-4B40-43C0-BA7E-BDEBD21FEE97@pretty.Easy.privacy> References: <878t10xpam.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87wooj1fmx.fsf@gmail.com> <87efaqna9u.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87d0qana9e.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87k1kivmzt.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87h8f9y6cq.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <874lb8xupw.fsf@netris.org>; <87y38j9t95.fsf@gmail.com>; Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----DTQK6GGN0NBULSSRSL53C9Z4BWS10J" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaGS8-0007N2-Iy for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:46:42 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaGS4-0005B0-62 for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:46:40 -0500 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:50679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaGS3-00059m-PQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:46:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <878t10xpam.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87wooj1fmx.fsf@gmail.com> <87efaqna9u.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87d0qana9e.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87k1kivmzt.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87h8f9y6cq.fsf_-_@gnu.org> <874lb8xupw.fsf@netris.org>; <87y38j9t95.fsf@gmail.com>; List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Chris Marusich , Mark H Weaver Cc: help-guix ------DTQK6GGN0NBULSSRSL53C9Z4BWS10J Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----3MM8UWRZLXPXKE0X5T5XZZVAIJJZA3" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------3MM8UWRZLXPXKE0X5T5XZZVAIJJZA3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Chris Marusich <cmma= rusich@gmail=2Ecom> skrev: (21 december 2018 09:30:30 CET)
Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris=2Eorg> writes:
 Hi Ludovic,

 Lud=
ovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu=2Eorg> writes:

 Actually, I was also wondering whether we =
should provide a configurable
 mechanism that would, by default, automat=
ically delete old GC roots and
 maybe even run the GC automatically when=
 needed=E2=80=94similar to what Git
 does=2E

 Thoughts?

 I think it's reasonable to automatically run GC by default, but=
 I would
 strongly advise against deleting GC roots automatically by def=
ault
 without the user's knowledge and consent=2E

Ju=
st to be clear, I agree with you, Mark=2E  Guix shouldn't delete GC
root=
s automatically by default=2E  I think we were just saying that it
might=
 be nice if a user could configure Guix to automatically delete GC
roots=
 according to some policy (e=2Eg=2E, retain the last 2, and delete any
o=
thers older than 1 month)=2E  Guix would only delete the GC roots
accord=
ing to the policy that the user has set, and if no policy has been
set, =
the default would be not to delete any of the GC roots=2E

I agree with you all =F0=9F=98=83
This should not be the default, but be included in all the config template= s with a clarifying comment=2E
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Sent from my p=E2=89=A1p for Android=2E
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