Hi,
On Wed, 07 Dec 2022 at 11:33, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
wrote:
> The issue here is probably the size of the generated files: they are
> huge, so if they are packaged, they will most likely take significant
> resources in the Guix infrastructure.
>
> So what would be the way to go here? Would
Hi,
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli skribis:
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:46:51 +0100
> Csepp wrote:
>> Could ZIM files be downloaded over bittorrent as fixed output
>> derivations? They can be pretty huge. Also if the system started
>> seeding them as well, that would be pretty cool.
> I've no idea how
On Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:45:01 +0100
"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" wrote:
> Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes:
> > Is there any policies or past decisions of the Guix project on
> > packaging big generated data files?
>
> commit 183db725a4e7ef6a0ae5170bfa0967bb2e
On Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:46:51 +0100
Csepp wrote:
> Could ZIM files be downloaded over bittorrent as fixed output
> derivations? They can be pretty huge. Also if the system started
> seeding them as well, that would be pretty cool.
I've no idea how to generate fixed output derivations.
As for
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> Hi,
>
> Is there any policies or past decisions of the Guix project on
> packaging big generated data files?
>
> I've added packages for software like kiwix-tools and navit that both
> work offline but t
Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli writes:
> Is there any policies or past decisions of the Guix project on
> packaging big generated data files?
commit 183db725a4e7ef6a0ae5170bfa0967bb2eafded7
Author: Ricardo Wurmus
Date: Tue May 15 12:55:27 2018 +0200
gnu: Add r-bsgenome-dmelanogaster-uc
Hi,
Is there any policies or past decisions of the Guix project on
packaging big generated data files?
I've added packages for software like kiwix-tools and navit that both
work offline but that also need data files to be useful.
Navit is a (car) navigation software that need maps. The maps can
