From: Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de>
To: Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: Paul Jewell <paul@teulu.org>
Subject: Re: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 08:04:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bkmuy8tv.fsf@dismail.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3586bd3c-2d97-ca0d-f722-be08a7440e1e@teulu.org> (Paul Jewell via's message of "Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:44:34 +0100")
Paul Jewell via "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System
distribution." <guix-devel@gnu.org> writes:
> Evening all,
>
>
> Please forgive my ignorance if I have missed anything but:
>
> - does anyone actually install from a CD these days?
> - Can an ISO be bigger than a CD then be installed on a memory stick?
>
> 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! :)
>
Well if GNU Guix/Hurd System ever becomes a thing, you will need a CD to
install the Hurd. The Hurd currently does not have usb support. Though
work is ongoing to fix this. Also the current Debian GNU/Hurd requires
a CD to install in real hardware.
>
> --
> Paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-19 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-14 22:07 Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾 Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-15 5:51 ` kiasoc5
2023-01-15 8:07 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-16 2:09 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-16 5:17 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-16 13:27 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-17 16:15 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-15 12:56 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-15 17:00 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2023-01-17 16:25 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-17 23:05 ` zimoun
2023-01-17 23:49 ` zimoun
2023-01-18 21:04 ` Grandfathering store paths considered harmful (was: Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾) Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-19 14:28 ` Grandfathering store paths considered harmful Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-19 18:10 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2023-01-19 14:14 ` Packages grow, no longer fit on a 💾 Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-20 10:51 ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-20 14:54 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-01-18 2:41 ` kiasoc5
2023-01-18 8:43 ` indieterminacy
2023-01-19 14:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-20 11:06 ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-17 8:06 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-01-17 16:18 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-17 21:54 ` John Kehayias
2023-01-19 15:30 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2023-01-17 15:06 ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-19 14:34 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-18 20:44 ` Paul Jewell via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.
2023-01-19 13:04 ` Joshua Branson [this message]
2023-01-19 14:37 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-01-19 16:12 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2023-01-19 18:07 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-20 15:30 ` Csepp
2023-01-20 17:34 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-21 12:29 ` bokr
2023-01-21 15:55 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-01-20 12:11 ` Simon Tournier
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