[bug#37991] (no subject)

[Josh Holland <josh@inv.alid.pw>]

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Could you check ‘guix size redshift’ vs. ‘guix size redshift-wayland’,
> to estimate the cost of supporting both X and Wayland?
$ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift
store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/ahqgl4h89xqj695lgqvsaf6zh2nhy4pj-glibc-2.29              37.4    35.8  28.3%
/gnu/store/2plcy91lypnbbysb18ymnhaw3zwk8pg1-gcc-7.4.0-lib           70.0    32.6  25.8%
/gnu/store/b8pr2k0i2zd07zmb7kpffmcimqi337if-glib-2.60.6            111.3    14.4  11.3%
/gnu/store/xymkwf57x988q8cny2is1dgzrbr9xdfi-util-linux-2.34         91.4    14.3  11.3%
/gnu/store/gzp4ig4rdb1qf4i5dy1d9nl0zmj5q09y-ncurses-6.1-20190609    75.9     5.9   4.6%
/gnu/store/wlpk6qxv479njqbxanhk6c4ism0jb5qk-libxcb-1.13             76.4     5.6   4.4%
/gnu/store/06ybqkh3lb3g7c77b74izy32grglf45x-libx11-1.6.8            81.4     5.0   3.9%
/gnu/store/48z4wz0iv6c0h20b72g97b27alj48x9i-libsepol-2.7            72.4     2.4   1.9%
/gnu/store/5j6w0x3aq0i5r9565w92lrh016vlmv2d-pcre-8.43               71.7     1.7   1.3%
/gnu/store/cp72ncw4prnsga65n3pzll07hpsg524f-bash-static-5.0.7        1.6     1.6   1.3%
/gnu/store/sb1hkmc4mk7xkiqih1d925jb9yvjgvrk-libselinux-2.7          75.4     1.3   1.0%
/gnu/store/29jhbbg1hf557x8j53f9sxd9imlmf02a-bash-minimal-5.0.7      38.4     1.0   0.8%
/gnu/store/s041h8lkjxr3r8kylbybxd6q5qq3qs3p-libdrm-2.4.99           74.2     1.0   0.8%
/gnu/store/lbip9isk25isymvnb159l115xnacb5j8-xz-5.2.4                72.0     0.9   0.7%
/gnu/store/y6q2myfry9zvk0y5df4hbj00dznr6v34-libbsd-0.9.1            70.7     0.7   0.5%
/gnu/store/qxfa4jljbd1dsx4q06izwd1jw1qilx99-pciutils-3.6.2          73.1     0.5   0.4%
/gnu/store/an6v469sfkhxsfb4vqkip1rz9p0sbjx7-redshift-1.12          126.6     0.5   0.4%
/gnu/store/j01p4wjas358cvayyjqpl449hmpanra8-libxext-1.3.4           81.9     0.4   0.4%
/gnu/store/d064bv2b1hrb07j2zj78i608db7qldx9-kmod-26                 72.5     0.3   0.3%
/gnu/store/qx7p7hiq90mi7r78hcr9cyskccy2j4bg-zlib-1.2.11             70.2     0.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/6bnd1gwfd9a9gxm18vzdjpsr36paz47i-libxdmcp-1.1.3          70.8     0.2   0.1%
/gnu/store/ain96mrdwqd4s9shdd3s7m4syp5icdx5-libffi-3.2.1            70.1     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/2v3dzwjn80jdxywkylck1csjc0hwwdvl-libpciaccess-0.16       73.2     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/2kfywk72dfbwcz3zsc6fspjj5n39ridr-libxxf86vm-1.1.4        81.9     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/bwjxngk8vgzj99kw835qhd1qggs0mpcn-libxau-1.0.9            70.1     0.0   0.0%
total: 126.6 MiB

$ ./pre-inst-env guix size redshift-wayland
store item                                                       total    self
/gnu/store/ahqgl4h89xqj695lgqvsaf6zh2nhy4pj-glibc-2.29              37.4    35.8  26.2%
/gnu/store/2plcy91lypnbbysb18ymnhaw3zwk8pg1-gcc-7.4.0-lib           70.0    32.6  23.9%
/gnu/store/b8pr2k0i2zd07zmb7kpffmcimqi337if-glib-2.60.6            111.3    14.4  10.5%
/gnu/store/xymkwf57x988q8cny2is1dgzrbr9xdfi-util-linux-2.34         91.4    14.3  10.4%
/gnu/store/cpv88zzh37l7gnsinbwxiz6mnv63s07x-libxml2-2.9.9           80.1     7.9   5.8%
/gnu/store/gzp4ig4rdb1qf4i5dy1d9nl0zmj5q09y-ncurses-6.1-20190609    75.9     5.9   4.3%
/gnu/store/wlpk6qxv479njqbxanhk6c4ism0jb5qk-libxcb-1.13             76.4     5.6   4.1%
/gnu/store/06ybqkh3lb3g7c77b74izy32grglf45x-libx11-1.6.8            81.4     5.0   3.6%
/gnu/store/48z4wz0iv6c0h20b72g97b27alj48x9i-libsepol-2.7            72.4     2.4   1.8%
/gnu/store/5j6w0x3aq0i5r9565w92lrh016vlmv2d-pcre-8.43               71.7     1.7   1.2%
/gnu/store/cp72ncw4prnsga65n3pzll07hpsg524f-bash-static-5.0.7        1.6     1.6   1.2%
/gnu/store/m7lpzgn381a7kjcjd3k9yn99q2kybzgk-wayland-1.17.0          82.4     1.4   1.0%
/gnu/store/sb1hkmc4mk7xkiqih1d925jb9yvjgvrk-libselinux-2.7          75.4     1.3   0.9%
/gnu/store/29jhbbg1hf557x8j53f9sxd9imlmf02a-bash-minimal-5.0.7      38.4     1.0   0.8%
/gnu/store/s041h8lkjxr3r8kylbybxd6q5qq3qs3p-libdrm-2.4.99           74.2     1.0   0.7%
/gnu/store/lbip9isk25isymvnb159l115xnacb5j8-xz-5.2.4                72.0     0.9   0.7%
/gnu/store/h3w04l83yrx9rxcc62k0plgxr5hpc1xg-expat-2.2.7             70.7     0.7   0.5%
/gnu/store/y6q2myfry9zvk0y5df4hbj00dznr6v34-libbsd-0.9.1            70.7     0.7   0.5%
/gnu/store/ywcm36ikjspp3616lvzs5sazy2d40r9s-redshift-wayland-1.12-1.7da875d   136.7     0.5   0.4%
/gnu/store/qxfa4jljbd1dsx4q06izwd1jw1qilx99-pciutils-3.6.2          73.1     0.5   0.4%
/gnu/store/j01p4wjas358cvayyjqpl449hmpanra8-libxext-1.3.4           81.9     0.4   0.3%
/gnu/store/d064bv2b1hrb07j2zj78i608db7qldx9-kmod-26                 72.5     0.3   0.2%
/gnu/store/qx7p7hiq90mi7r78hcr9cyskccy2j4bg-zlib-1.2.11             70.2     0.2   0.2%
/gnu/store/6bnd1gwfd9a9gxm18vzdjpsr36paz47i-libxdmcp-1.1.3          70.8     0.2   0.1%
/gnu/store/ain96mrdwqd4s9shdd3s7m4syp5icdx5-libffi-3.2.1            70.1     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/2v3dzwjn80jdxywkylck1csjc0hwwdvl-libpciaccess-0.16       73.2     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/2kfywk72dfbwcz3zsc6fspjj5n39ridr-libxxf86vm-1.1.4        81.9     0.1   0.1%
/gnu/store/bwjxngk8vgzj99kw835qhd1qggs0mpcn-libxau-1.0.9            70.1     0.0   0.0%
total: 136.7 MiB


> If the cost in size is too important, then we could keep separate
> packages, but in that case one should inherit from the other to reduce
> duplication.

I agree, but IMO 10 MiB is fairly insignificant.  My only reservation is
that this isn't a formally released package, but I've been using it for
a week or so without any issues (though I haven't tested it on an X11
system).

--
Josh Holland