Re: Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-27 Thread Pjotr Prins
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:33:11PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> I thought a bit about it before and I don't really think it'll save that > >> much > >> space. Most of the time the headers are a small part of the total package, > >> and the fine-tuning that comes with chosing exactly which out

Re: Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-27 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Efraim Flashner skribis: > >> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:32:22 +0100 >> Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> >>> Hi Guix, >>> >>> should we install headers to separate outputs as we do it in some cases >>> for really large documentation? It seems wrong to me to download >>> substit

Re: Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-26 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Efraim Flashner skribis: > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:32:22 +0100 > Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > >> Hi Guix, >> >> should we install headers to separate outputs as we do it in some cases >> for really large documentation? It seems wrong to me to download >> substitutes for libraries when at build time

Re: Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-25 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 21:32:22 +0100 Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi Guix, > > should we install headers to separate outputs as we do it in some cases > for really large documentation? It seems wrong to me to download > substitutes for libraries when at build time only certain headers are > needed. >

Re: Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-25 Thread Andreas Enge
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 09:32:22PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Other distributions have separate “*-devel” or “*-dev” packages (and I’m > ambivalent about this) — would it be a bad idea if we provided “devel” > or “dev” *outputs* so that users had more control over what ends up in > their store?

Installing headers to a separate output?

2016-02-25 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi Guix, should we install headers to separate outputs as we do it in some cases for really large documentation? It seems wrong to me to download substitutes for libraries when at build time only certain headers are needed. Other distributions have separate “*-devel” or “*-dev” packages (and I’m