From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-genomationdata. Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 08:36:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9dohsih.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> References: <1464015436-27911-1-git-send-email-ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> <20160523180956.GC18979@debian-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47877) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b55xE-0000Sd-Ml for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2016 02:36:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b55xB-0004tR-Gg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2016 02:36:36 -0400 Received: from pegasus.bbbm.mdc-berlin.de ([141.80.25.20]:34058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b55xB-0004tI-6N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2016 02:36:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20160523180956.GC18979@debian-netbook> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Efraim Flashner writes: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 04:57:16PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-genomationdata): New variable. >> --- [...] >> + (arguments `(#:substitutable? #f)) > ^^^^ > why not? Because it=E2=80=99s an R data package, i.e. it=E2=80=99s a large downloa= d taking up space on hydra; it=E2=80=99s the same for all architechtures and there=E2= =80=99s no real advantage in providing a binary substitute. We=E2=80=99ve done the same for the genome data packages. It was more cl= ear cut then, because the download was about ten times bigger. Still, I didn=E2=80=99t want to waste space on hydra with a substitute fo= r something that=E2=80=99s mostly a simple download. ~~ Ricardo