[bug#28690] provide a lib output for boost

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 at 16:45, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch #28690 [1] is about adding an output to boost.  The aim is to
> reduce the closure size.
>
> The last message if from Dec. 2017 and indicates some issues.
>
>
> 1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/28690>
>
>
> On Tue, 03 Oct 2017 at 17:34, Dave Love <dave.love@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

[...]

>> The lib package is 17MiB, and the headers are 108MiB.
>
> Now, the size is:

[...]

> total: 262.0 MiB

> On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 at 09:19, Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> 
> wrote:

>> The updated list and a few patches are on my other computer, I'll post them
>> when I get home.
>
> Therefore, if I understand correctly, some work remains.  The question
> is: is it worth to complete such work about adding more outputs to
> boost?

Since some work remains and it is not clear if it is worth to complete
such work about adding more outputs to boost, I plan to mark this report
as ’donewontfix’.  Let me know if it is worth to keep it open.


Cheers,
simon