Re: guix depends on openldap?

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 17:46, Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> wrote:

> >I am still confused.  Why cmake-minimal needs all the protocols that
> >curl supports?  What I was expecting is that cmake-minimal depends on
> >curl-minimal and that both packages are minimal. :-)
>
> >Because all in all, we end with a chubby Guix; which matters when
> >packing it (Docker or system).
>
> I don't think it matters: no reference is retained from guix to openldap, so 
> it won't be added to the pack or docker image. It's only required at build 
> time.

So each time I run "guix environment guix", I potentially download it.
It is annoying when it is not possible to keep the store (for example,
the storage for the store is small or some CI external automation
build, etc.) or when the substitutes of dependencies are not available
(burn CPU) or when the bandwidth is not cheap, etc.

Maybe "packing it" is not the good terminology, but remove unnecessary
dependencies matters.  IMHO.


All the best,
simon