I installed the latest build, and it does start. Generated executable is 80MB vs 32MB for 7.9 BC, about 10MB more than 8.0 release.
I understand that there's a difference between bytecode and compiled binary size with CS, but I'm not certain if we're talking about the Racket distribution itself, or generated executables. Is there any hope to eventually get closer to BC's executable size with CS? The raco demod option seemed to do miracles on previous versions, but never worked on gracket / gui programs for me. Also, somehow touchpad scrolling has degraded since 7.9 BC (which was decent, and even had momentum). If I scroll downwards, then upwards, it keeps going down for another 1 second before switching direction, and momentum is no longer simulated. If I use the scrollbar, it scrolls fast and smooth, with no direction problem. Happy Easter! Dex On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 3:18:21 PM UTC+2 Matthew Flatt wrote: > The archive size is misleading for two reasons: > > * the Northwestern snapshots include a lot more overall content by > including tests, and > > * compression on the installer counteracts the mistake where the > content of ".zo" files is not individually compressed; uncompressed > individual ".zo" files end up compressing better as a group. > > A new build is ready just now, where DrRacket starts and the size is > changed (i.e., download size is moderately bigger, unpacked size is > much smaller). > > At Mon, 5 Apr 2021 03:24:42 -0700 (PDT), Dexter Lagan wrote: > > Looks like it's the opposite. At the moment Utah's is half the size. > I'll > > install the current Utah's and compare generated executables with 8.0 > > release. > > > > Utah: > > [image: Utah.png] > > > > Northwestern: > > [image: North.png] > > > > On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 11:42:46 AM UTC+2 Dexter Lagan wrote: > > > > > Hi Matthew, > > > > > > It is indeed the one from Utah. I’ll give the other one a try and > report > > > back. Thanks for looking into this! > > > > > > Dex > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 8:32:00 PM UTC+2 Matthew Flatt wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Dex, > > >> > > >> Are you using a snapshot build from the Utah site --- as opposed to a > > >> snapshot for Northwestern or some other build? > > >> > > >> I see that the Utah site's compiled code is twice as big as the > > >> Northwestern site's compiled code. It looks like the build process > for > > >> Racket at Utah (via Visual Studio) misconfigures the "should compiled > > >> code be compressed?" flag, while the build process used at > Northwestern > > >> (via MinGW) configures that setting correctly. The distribution > builds > > >> are made in the same way as the Northwestern snapshots. > > >> > > >> I'll fix the compilation path that the Utah snapshot uses, but it > would > > >> be good to know whether that could be the problem. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Matthew > > >> > > >> At Sun, 4 Apr 2021 02:19:28 -0700 (PDT), Dexter Lagan wrote: > > >> > I updated to current again, and executable file size has nearly > doubled > > >> > again (120MB vs 70MB). I'd be curious to know if startup time > wouldn't > > >> be > > >> > affected by file IO at this point. I'm using 7.9 BC 32 bits in > > >> production > > >> > atm, since it produces the smallest executables (12 MB!). > > >> > > > >> > Dex > > >> > > > >> > On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 8:07:00 PM UTC+1 Dexter Lagan wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Hello there, > > >> > > > > >> > > Two things: > > >> > > > > >> > > - I noticed a doubling of executable file sizes (from 30MB to > 70MB > > >> for > > >> > > racket/gui with embedded libs, Windows) between Racket 7.9 > (non-CS) > > >> and > > >> > > Racket 8.0 (CS). Because of this, startup times from network > drives > > >> also > > >> > > doubled (from 5 to 10s for gui programs when using CS). I had to > > >> revert to > > >> > > 7.9 non-CS for now; > > >> > > > > >> > > - Because of this, I have been trying to reduce file sizes to a > > >> minimum. I > > >> > > tried replacing racket/gui by a minimal list of requires to no > avail. > > >> I > > >> > > tried using the raco demod function to demodularize, but it seems > to > > >> be > > >> > > broken on recent version of Racket (anything beyond hello world > will > > >> quit > > >> > > prematurely, racket/gui programs won't run at all). I tried > GitHub - > > >> > > bluerider/flattener: Source Code Level Flattener for PLT Racket > > >> > > <https://github.com/bluerider/flattener> without success (seems > > >> broken as > > >> > > well). I also tried compressing executables with UPX, but it also > > >> breaks > > >> > > them. > > >> > > > > >> > > Does anybody know of a way to reduce final Racket executable file > > >> sizes > > >> > > / flatten / demodularize while keeping gui functionality ? > > >> > > > > >> > > Dex > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups > > >> > "Racket Users" group. > > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > >> an email > > >> > to racket-users...@googlegroups.com. > > >> > To view this discussion on the web visit > > >> > > > >> > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/a2a14107-01fb-4f36-b6e1-c02498f35 > > > >> > 7adn%40googlegroups.com. > > >> > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email > > to racket-users...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5e33921f-c751-40b5-89bc-fadc01bda > > 506n%40googlegroups.com. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [image/png "Utah.png"] [~/Desktop & open] [~/Temp & open] > > . > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [image/png "North.png"] [~/Desktop & open] [~/Temp & open] > > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. 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