GNU bug report logs - #44053
Poor profile generation performance on spinning disks

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From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 44053-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>,
 jbranso--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, jbranso <at> dismail.de
Subject: Re: bug#44053: Poor profile generation performance on spinning disks
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:53:05 +0000

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On Thursday, April 3rd, 2025 at 07:25, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 

> jbranso--- via Bug reports for GNU Guix bug-guix <at> gnu.org writes:
> 

> > April 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM, "Andreas Enge" <andreas <at> enge.fr
> > mailto:andreas <at> enge.fr?to=%22Andreas%20Enge%22%20%3Candreas%40enge.fr%3E
> > 

> > > wrote:
> > 

> > > Hello,
> > > 

> > > as "there is little room for optimization" and nobody has taken the time
> > > to look at it more closely, can we close this issue?
> > > 

> > > Andreas
> > 

> > Perhaps less people use spinning disks at this point. SSDs/NVMes are fairly
> > popular. Also I don't use guix at the moment, so I am unable to be a tester
> > if this issue was fixed. :(
> 

> 

> I've moved to NVMe myself and things have been zippy enough. I guess we
> could consider this issue having been obsoleted by advances in
> technology.
> 

> Closing.

My machine still uses HDD but I don't have to build my profiles often, which makes the slowness less noticeable. I think I got used to it.

It is a sad reality though, because I'm always behind in hardware technology. I'll keep using HDD until it breaks though.

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