Hello Ekaitz.
[...]
But now you are saying it, maybe it's not clear enough in the
docs. We use
Garbage Collector and Root as terms that might feel obvious
(they are for
those that have written garbage collectors) but for newcomers
might be a
little bit hard to grasp.
I was just referring to that when cited
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html
before
and my -newbie- reading of it. :)
I do like the idea of preserving things by default, but maybe
it's just we
didn't explain things properly if at least 2 people had
trouble with it.
When a default value cannot be found that suits everyone (as may
happen
here), maybe it's value must be defined at some previous point,
like
when installing.
As a possible exploration -and in a very hypothetical situation-
when
you install guix there is a question with some brief contextual
help
that leaves a value for the system about how many generations to
retain
by default.
Which, of course, can be changed later at any moment. :)
--
eduardo mercovich
Donde se cruzan tus talentos
con las necesidades del mundo,
ahí está tu vocación.
(Anónimo)
