Hi Julien On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 19:53, Julien Lepiller <[email protected]> wrote: > guix size coq -> 869.7 MB > guix size coq:ide -> 1557.0 MB
Yeah, but you have a high probability to have already have these dependencies. > Almost twice as much, because this brings in graphical > dependencies. Separating packages to multiple outputs can reduce the > closure size of some outputs, but if you build the package, you get > the same number of dependencies as if there were a single output. You > have everything to gain if you get substitutes, and nothing to lose if > you don't have any or want to use the more expensive output. You loose what I wrote: more dependencies and less discoverability. :-) I agree it reduces the closure size. But it is not different to have different packages using inherit, right. Well, it seems a matter of taste. :-) Cheers, simon
