From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: GC hints Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:30:30 -0800 Message-ID: <87y38j9t95.fsf@gmail.com> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58280) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaGCs-0004Ng-4o for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:30:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gaGCp-000469-0S for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:30:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <874lb8xupw.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Thu, 20 Dec 2018 07:12:16 -0500") 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: Mark H Weaver Cc: help-guix --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark H Weaver writes: > Hi Ludovic, > > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > >> Actually, I was also wondering whether we should provide a configurable >> mechanism that would, by default, automatically delete old GC roots and >> maybe even run the GC automatically when needed=E2=80=94similar to what = Git >> does. >> >> Thoughts? > > I think it's reasonable to automatically run GC by default, but I would > strongly advise against deleting GC roots automatically by default > without the user's knowledge and consent. Just to be clear, I agree with you, Mark. Guix shouldn't delete GC roots automatically by default. 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.g., retain the last 2, and delete any others older than 1 month). Guix would only delete the GC roots according 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. =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAlwcpKYACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp3pGRAAmBmyq/GWjt3bcQKxKM2DUDgTNIWO5CIRZLhaNDRXV8WpDFjKd8kXB3Rk IFd8QnEFtVyCLTfu8XXhHlDPG2bMEhUpITgACpEM+vmAlFx9xXMMM0wb5Ni29z0p tPhvvAId2FmTSWtrKiym6cQJ2fvgtWeRWh7UEJcW+yk5HethagaWiExOIwuhqv8J cF6pO6ydArGuqcSKWMOTYzOSGU+DUzvyuftKzvsCaKRCh+QEwc3b8tGsBusuBSd1 V0jyPwX8JlCqqJCO72Xa82D8Uo8iU4p0LRmS028HU4vyCOxDcSmAjfXsdpZl2yF5 ny/ZX6PWkKBTiQQm0c6K100NclHk+XRW22bq12xQGTWIZWwJqYBlzV3Vf3wzUYWn lemQNwmnpTFJQOPNQBgVysSUcB+Dbptqo2kD2FWrcBz1bCnU8wV94Ab8kukxvEiv DbLuHo4aYLA0Ykx46PJgdE1PbgGePfd9CbmpTA1tw5Zu2mdNuLBFYK87JWorWCzj Q8bpjBFwXoR2a0L6WVW0yK4q4rSLiHd5YsVLsF++QkXVCYo6wqSzwPdvTm7sXRtj FLHizM+bfdX9pAARI8Axon6NzeqjAT6txpcQvm2cRPG+FONrq6+zi7uoEcKtz7fm MbQ+Sh4g/wZIs23hs6pvCVwsqf5OORlEa7DQpm9RDn4gP7575xA= =tPkR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--