Clozure size

[zimoun]

Dear,

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 01:54, Ryan Prior <ryanprior@hey.com> wrote:

> For example, `docker size python` shows a 171.4mb bundle size just for

How is the Docker image built?

> Python alone, while `docker images python:alpine` shows a 44.3mb
> system

Idem?

I agree with your argument, I am just wondering if apples are compared
to apples. :-)


> image, which includes a bunch of system stuff in addition to Python. It
> would be great to have tools to understand what's in our big Guix
> packages and how we could ship light bundles that get the job done.

Well, the closure is sometimes an issue, indeed.  The tools to tackle
this are “guix size” and “guix graph”, AFAIK.  What do you think is
missing?


All the best,
simon