Andreas Enge <[email protected]> writes: > Am Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 02:46:47PM +0200 schrieb Hartmut Goebel: >> python-psycopg2 >> python-minimal <-- while python is there already >> perl >> gcc >> postgresql >> coreutils >> util-linux >> libxml2 > > I wonder how much of a problem this is - are perl and gcc and other base > packages above not around in any system? So adding python-psycopg2 to a > running system will probably not pull in many additional packages.
In case of `guix pack' it matters. Example could be using Guix to make a container image for a python application. Gcc and perl are unlikely to be needed in such an image. > > And to turn the argument around, this might actually be a reason to drop > packages such as python-minimal (unless they are required for > bootstrapping); had the full python be used as an input in the package > that pulls in python-minimal, at least the latter would not be there. > > Andreas > > -- There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.
