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spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="guix-patches-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 0291EAFC5 X-Spam-Score: -2.32 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: yonGfLZH+58Q Hello, Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > Perhaps we could arrange for 'guix gc' to start deleting oldest items > first (as a default behavior)? Then the above advice would provide more > value. Right now, the garbage collector simply collects unused items, without a least-recently-used (LRU) policy or any such thing. Given that in the store database items have a registration time (see =E2=80=98schema.sql=E2=80=99), it might be possible to sort items by regist= ration date before deleting them, and thus get some sort of LRU behavior. We=E2=80=99d= have to check the feasibility and run-time cost. Ludo=E2=80=99.