I have added the Arch packages
<https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/tree/contrib/packages/arch?id=22082c234c2013c65fc49a59d01c467a78c12f3e>
to the repo, as other distros might find them useful.

--madmurphy

On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 7:55 PM Maxime Devos <maximede...@telenet.be> wrote:

> Martin Schanzenbach schreef op ma 06-06-2022 om 16:52 [+0000]:
> > > As Maxime says, GNUnet takes a long time to compile (when it
> > actually
> > > does - I'm having problems with that right now), and presumably
> > quite
> > > a
> > > while to test too. The obvious way to reduce those times is to
> > simply
> > > *reduce the amount of code being compiled and tested*. Breaking up
> > > the
> > > big repo would achieve that quite nicely.
> >
> > It really does not (on modern hardware).
> > See:
> > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/schanzen/gnunet/build/4501586/
> >
> > It takes around 7mins to install & compile from scratch (this
> > includes
> > installing all dependencies!).
> >
> > IMO right now "make check" is kind of annoying because it takes too
> > long and fails because of bad test design. It needs some love.
> > Maybe a high-level, quick "make check" and an optional "make check-
> > thorough" idk.
>
> FWIW, I included "make check" time in compilation time (from Guix'
> perspective, running tests is just yet another compilation).  And the
> computer I use for compilation isn't exactly modern -- according to the
> timestamp on /etc/host.conf, it's ~16 years old ... wait no, cannot be
> right ...  I'm not sure about the exact year, but at least ~5 years I'd
> say?  And that's the current computer (*) which has an SSD, whereas the
> computer(^) I used back then for GNUnet was older and had an old
> spinning disk.  I guess that isn't representative.
>
> (*) currently held together by duck tape, missing a few screws, keys,
> part of the frame and has a crack in the screen -- I cannot recommend
> Lenovo Yoga computers.
>
> (^) screen is broken unless a sea star is inserted between the keyboard
> and the screen in the right place at the right depth and angle.
>
> Greetings,
> Maxime.
>

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