Re: VSCode DevContainer for Guix? (Yasuaki Kudo)

[Yasuaki Kudo <yasu@yasuaki.com>]

Thank you for this, yes, this is exactly the kind if idea I had in mind, although I was assuming that Guix docker would be super bare bones by almost default 😄

I think keeping the core of your software benefits the entire system, making it secure and keeping the cost down for storage, hosting and running.

So that's why I am interested 😄

-Yasu

> On Jul 12, 2023, at 20:27, Ekaitz Zarraga <ekaitz@elenq.tech> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Careful about this assumption, Guix-generated container images are pretty large
>> and include a lot of things you might not want in there (man, info pages, bash,
>> ...). I am not saying "do not use it", but if you try to convince people to use
>> Guix for container builds, size should not be your argument (especially since
>> Alpine exists as an alternative).
> 
> That is very true.
> This week in System Crafters they have been workin on trying to reduce this. But I didn't have the time to watch the results deeply.
> Be careful, youtube link:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItGRcOLT-BM