Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-02 16:09 +0300) wrote: > Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> skribis: > >> An alternative is to inherit from the “r” package in “statistics.scm”. >> >> (define-module (my own packages) >> #:use-module (guix packages) >> #:use-module (gnu packages statistics) >> #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)) >> >> (define-public my-r >> (package (inherit r) >> (name "my-r") >> ;; modify only the inputs here >> (native-inputs (alist-delete "texlive" (package-native-inputs r))) >> (inputs (alist-delete "icedtea6" (package-inputs r))))) > > Speaking of which: should we get rid of icedtea6:jdk in the default R > package (closure size: 1 GiB), and maybe of TeX Live (4 GiB)? Or should > we provide, say, ‘r-light’ with the definition above?
We have ‘bash-light’ and ‘wpa-supplicant-light’; ‘bioperl-minimal’ and ‘cups-minimal’. I think we should stick to a single name for such light/minimal packages. (I prefer "…-minimal") -- Alex
