Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes: > Hello! > > Over the course of a few years, the size of our packages has apparently > kept growing. Example:
Unless the right steps are taken at right time, the size of packages will reach the largest real number in near future. > > $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.2.0 -- size emacs > store item total self > /gnu/store/118xpdazyylxa1rlc68h9lmh38vhxrb4-llvm-10.0.0 210.8 > 139.3 16.2% > /gnu/store/1qmd9achfkm1njzxf8hi86q53pmy9sxk-mesa-20.0.7 369.2 > 131.3 15.3% > /gnu/store/d83hc7cqgnhl1vlz1rv4ibkvaqaq2g35-emacs-27.1 859.7 > 106.2 12.4% > /gnu/store/18hp7flyb3yid3yp49i6qcdq0sbi5l1n-guile-3.0.2 132.8 > 53.2 6.2% > /gnu/store/9lckq1194qcy4a7kv8bihagd58shj7yr-gtk+-3.24.20 723.7 > 49.0 5.7% > /gnu/store/qizplwwgqwyq6qmz1i6jlaib5kgzrgwq-icu4c-66.1 110.2 > 38.1 4.4% > /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31 38.4 > 36.7 4.3% > […] > total: 859.7 MiB > $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.3.0 -- size emacs > store item total self > /gnu/store/g3idjpqsp2p2d163qfzskxj4k58nrx7f-llvm-11.0.0 220.0 > 148.6 16.9% > /gnu/store/jf269s6clr6r57p8v5c3c1qkyra6apq2-mesa-20.2.4 389.1 > 141.6 16.1% > /gnu/store/7nlq2v4000pw8vgj3m4vrwz072ib58xh-emacs-27.2 880.5 > 106.4 12.1% > /gnu/store/18hp7flyb3yid3yp49i6qcdq0sbi5l1n-guile-3.0.2 132.8 > 53.2 6.0% > /gnu/store/czf23hay13pp25yzrb4yq3n4gcri5r70-gtk+-3.24.24 744.3 > 49.1 5.6% > /gnu/store/2wqjj3mkqdvsvksndr2hpjpi7qqwi7kr-icu4c-66.1 110.2 > 38.1 4.3% > /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31 38.4 > 36.7 4.2% > […] > total: 880.5 MiB > $ guix time-machine --commit=v1.4.0 -- size emacs > store item total self > /gnu/store/i11jmrc90drpx9mc6cyb6s4pjny91qx6-emacs-28.2 1592.7 > 250.6 15.7% > /gnu/store/sdzfljm6san79pqiy42yp0nzmkr2bafc-mesa-21.3.8 411.6 > 169.6 10.6% > /gnu/store/6pdzpmxg5afzss6dlivq8z84sfa31x22-llvm-11.0.0 221.5 > 149.5 9.4% > /gnu/store/lphzb1z0r4kbb453rsvnw7msrxxzp5r7-libgccjit-10.3.0 244.8 > 128.5 8.1% > /gnu/store/pfas3c4lhr1jwkj2gl0yx8dg4xjjlp4r-mozjs-91.13.0 261.2 > 65.4 4.1% > /gnu/store/hy6abswwv4d89zp464fw52z65fkzr7h5-perl-5.34.0 147.7 > 58.6 3.7% > /gnu/store/zyqimpkmpffc24nwwqp46cicj8ss85y5-binutils-2.37 126.0 > 54.4 3.4% > /gnu/store/cnfsv9ywaacyafkqdqsv2ry8f01yr7a9-guile-3.0.7 129.1 > 52.0 3.3% > /gnu/store/4aq7hw017s9ihpm1rxpwfz28c80569z9-gtk+-3.24.30 1002.2 > 48.6 3.1% > /gnu/store/vaxkf8cbc7slgc3ikm5qr3815wih93w8-ghostscript-with-cups-9.54.0 > 219.1 39.1 2.5% > /gnu/store/bjycxjjkp1da53ijsa4hfdrz9mcgg55h-icu4c-69.1 110.7 > 38.0 2.4% > /gnu/store/ayc9r7162rphy4zjw8ch01pmyh214h82-glibc-2.33 76.6 > 36.6 2.3% > […] > total: 1592.7 MiB > > I think something went wrong here. :-) > > In particular with Emacs itself (due to JIT + dependency on libgccjit, > Binutils, etc.?) and with GTK+ (due to mozjs in polkit?). > > And then MESA and LLVM have always been problematically big. > > We should do better. I mean, it’s just a text editor, isn’t it? > > Ludo’. > No, Emacs is more than a text editor. If you need just a text editor, use ED. ;) But, well, I must confess, native compilation takes *A LOT* of time. -- Akib Azmain Turja, GPG key: 70018CE5819F17A3BBA666AFE74F0EFA922AE7F5 Fediverse: akib@hostux.social Codeberg: akib emailselfdefense.fsf.org | "Nothing can be secure without encryption."
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