Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wur...@mdc-berlin.de> skribis: >>> From 9243823abad3943bd3f4ebe4f6d18cc53c2143e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wur...@mdc-berlin.de> >>> Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:24:11 +0200 >>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python-ipython: Add optional dependencies. >>> >>> * gnu/packages/python.scm (python-ipython)[inputs]: Add optional >>> dependencies >>> "python-tornado" and "python-pyzmq". >> >> LGTM. One question though: how much does it add to the ipython’s >> closure size, and is it something that many ipython users would have >> little use for? >> >> IOW, the popularity/extra-space ratio should be greater than one. :-)
[...] > I don't know if support for python-tornado and python-pyzmq in > python-ipython is worth an additional 82 MB. My guess is that no, it’s not worth it. So let’s leave it this way, maybe adding a comment to the future reader who wonders why these two are missing. Now, 683 MiB is already a lot, and it would be interesting to analyze why it’s so big. Thanks! Ludo’.
