[bug#39734] [PATCH] scripts: Emit GC hint if free space is lower than absolute and relative threshold.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> So how about this:
>>
>>   We check for a trailing “%”, and if there’s one, assume it’s a percentage.
>>
>>   Else, call ‘size->number’.  If we get an integer < 100, assume it’s a
>>   percentage, otherwise assume it’s an absolute size in bytes.
>>
>> How does that sound?
>
> I think there is a misunderstanding.  If we have only _one_ threshold,
> there is no way to set sane defaults for both big and small partitions.

Oh, I must have misunderstood.

You mean you’d want to be able to set both an absolute threshold and a
relative threshold?  (Why “big and small” actually?)

Why not, but it seems to me we might be going overboard for something
that’s just meant as a hint to help people learn about ‘guix gc’.  :-)

Ludo’.