Re: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾

[Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On mer., 18 janv. 2023 at 21:44, Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> wrote:

> - does anyone actually install from a CD these days?
> - Can an ISO be bigger than a CD then be installed on a memory stick?

Florian reported an example in [1], quoting:

        my laptop doesn’t boot from USB, I have more CD/Rs than DVD/Rs
        and I guess they are cheaper than DVD.

1: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/58760>


> It strikes me that this is like King Canute holding back the tide. 
> Package size growth is pretty inevitable, and even if work now can bring 
> the size down to that of a CD, the same problem will occur in the not 
> too distant future.
>
> Is it really a problem? Please educate me! :)

From my point of view, yes this increases is an issue, especially for
the not too distant future.  In the short term, we have to save
resources because in this not too distant future, we will have to do
the same (or more) using less.


Cheers,
simon