Simon Tournier <zimon.touto...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, > > On ven., 05 mai 2023 at 15:21, Csepp <raingl...@riseup.net> wrote: > >> Or just move it to a separate output or package? That should really be >> something done for all packages automatically tbh. Alpine gets this right. > > Well, I do not think a separate output would be possible and we are not > talking about the package named ’guix’ but about what is implemented by > the module (guix self). > > Somehow, I agree that one direction would to make optional some > features. The current proposal for tackling this issue is the reduction > of the closure by removing lix11 and libxrender as discussed in [1]. > > 1: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/874jot19fd.fsf...@gnu.org > > > Cheers, > simon It should be made possible IMHO. It's nice that our packages come with docs, including Guix, but they are often unnecessary. If an output won't work because guix-self is special, then maybe it could be moved to a separate package.
