Subject: [bug#36477] [PATCH v3 30/48] packages: Set outputs field as thunked.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:48:47 +0200

Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]> skribis:

> This allows for instance to use %current-target-system to enable/disable some
> outputs in a package.
>
> * guix/packages.scm (<package>): Set outputs field as thunked,
> (package->bag): adapt make-bag call accordingly.

For which package did you have a needed for that?

Thunked fields add some overhead (CPU and memory), so I’d rather avoid
it until we have a strong need.

Thanks,
Ludo’.