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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add optional dependencies to ipython.
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Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de> skribis:

>>> From 9243823abad3943bd3f4ebe4f6d18cc53c2143e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
>>> Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:24:11 +0200
>>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python-ipython: Add optional dependencies.
>>>
>>> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-ipython)[inputs]: Add optional depend=
encies
>>>   "python-tornado" and "python-pyzmq".
>>
>> LGTM.  One question though: how much does it add to the ipython=E2=80=99s
>> closure size, and is it something that many ipython users would have
>> little use for?
>>
>> IOW, the popularity/extra-space ratio should be greater than one.  :-)

[...]

> I don't know if support for python-tornado and python-pyzmq in
> python-ipython is worth an additional 82 MB.

My guess is that no, it=E2=80=99s not worth it.  So let=E2=80=99s leave it =
this way,
maybe adding a comment to the future reader who wonders why these two
are missing.

Now, 683=C2=A0MiB is already a lot, and it would be interesting to analyze
why it=E2=80=99s so big.

Thanks!

Ludo=E2=80=99.