From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-genomationdata. Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 11:52:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87oa7vaim4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1464015436-27911-1-git-send-email-ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> <20160523180956.GC18979@debian-netbook> <87h9dohsih.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> 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]:55762) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b590V-0007ue-9R for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2016 05:52:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b590R-0001yI-5A for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 May 2016 05:52:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87h9dohsih.fsf@mdc-berlin.de> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Tue, 24 May 2016 08:36:22 +0200") 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: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > 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. Makes sense. Maybe just mention it in a comment above. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.