GNU bug report logs - #33444
[PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.

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Reported by: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>

Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:06:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Done: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

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From: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:05:20 +0100
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
-- 
Cheers
Swedebugia
[0001-doc-Partition-space-recommendations.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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Message #8 received at 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:14:20 +0000
swedebugia transcribed 2.4K bytes:
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> Swedebugia

> From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:31 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
> 
> * doc/guix.texi (Disk Partitioning): Add paragraph and table.
> ---
>  doc/guix.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index c2c778a28..5cb218b23 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -9273,7 +9273,6 @@ network interface you want to use):
>  @example
>  wpa_supplicant -c wpa_supplicant.conf -i @var{interface} -B
>  @end example
> -
>  Run @command{man wpa_supplicant} for more information.
>  @end table
>  
> @@ -9306,10 +9305,35 @@ Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure
>  OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in.
>  
>  @subsubsection Disk Partitioning
> +@cindex partitioning
> +@cindex disk partitioning
> +@cindex format partition
>  
>  Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
>  then format the target partition(s).
>  
> +GuixSD takes more up more space for each system- and package

I think you wanted to write: ... takes up more space ... ?

> +generation. Generally you should allocate more space than when using other
> +GNU/Linux distribution with primarily binary package distribution (deb, rpm,
> +pkg.tar.gz, etc.).
> +
> +@cindex space consideratons
> +@cindex partition size
> +We recommend the following:
> +@table @asis
> +@item 10 GB
> +A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> +@item 30 GB
> +The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> +@item >50 GB
> +This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect garbage
> +that often with this setup.
> +@end table
> +
>  The installation image includes several partitioning tools, including
>  Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU Parted User Manual}),
>  @command{fdisk}, and @command{cfdisk}.  Run it and set up your disk with
> -- 
> 2.18.0
> 





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Message #11 received at 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: swedebugia <at> riseup.net
To: Nils Gillmann <ng0 <at> n0.is>
Cc: 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2018 02:44:11 -0800
On 2018-11-20 22:14, Nils Gillmann wrote:
> swedebugia transcribed 2.4K bytes:

snip

>>
>>  Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
>>  then format the target partition(s).
>>
>> +GuixSD takes more up more space for each system- and package
> 
> I think you wanted to write: ... takes up more space ... ?

Yes! Is it ok for you to correct it and ready for commit?

-- 
Cheers 
Swedebugia




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Message #14 received at 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33444: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:00:14 +0200
Hi,

Thank you for your patch:

    <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/33444>

and it seems that it fell into the crack.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 18:05, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> wrote:

> +@cindex space consideratons
> +@cindex partition size
> +We recommend the following:
> +@table @asis
> +@item 10 GB
> +A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> +@item 30 GB
> +The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> +@item >50 GB
> +This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect garbage
> +that often with this setup.
> +@end table

These numbers, are they still accurate?


Cheers,
simon




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Message #19 received at 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 33444 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33444: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:59:01 +0200
Hi,

On Thu, 07 Apr 2022 at 14:00, zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for your patch:
>
>     <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/33444>
>
> and it seems that it fell into the crack.
>
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 18:05, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> +@cindex space consideratons
>> +@cindex partition size
>> +We recommend the following:
>> +@table @asis
>> +@item 10 GB
>> +A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and
>> +generations
>> +
>> +@item 30 GB
>> +The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and
>> +generations
>> +
>> +@item >50 GB
>> +This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect garbage
>> +that often with this setup.
>> +@end table
>
> These numbers, are they still accurate?

Friendly ping?

Else I am proposing to close.


Cheers,
simon




Reply sent to zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:17:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Notification sent to swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>:
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Message #24 received at 33444-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 33444-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33444: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 16:34:51 +0200
Hi,

It is about the patch submission #33444 [1].

1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/33444>


On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 11:59, zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Friendly ping?
>
> Else I am proposing to close.

It is tagged ’moreinfo’ since 19 May 2022 (20 weeks, 1 day, 17 hours
ago) and no news since months, so I am closing.

Feel free to reopen if I miss something.


Cheers,
simon




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