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In comparison it seems Debian is using 1/100th of it https://www.debian.org/mirror/size https://www.debian.org/mirror/size .

• znpy 3y ago
  I guess that reflects the fact that debian is a distro from another time, when you had to be mindful of the resources you consumed. But i too wonder if they really have to keep everything around.
  • kaba0 3y ago
    One has hard dependencies with Nix, so a modification down the line will cause a cascading recompilation. As mentioned, you doesn’t have to, but it has great value to be able to checkout any version.
    • znpy 3y ago
      sure, but at 425TB i'm guessing they're storing either everything in full or everything in full and uncompressed. and compression can do a lot for text files like sources etc. for example (last time i did that) the linux kernel source code was about 1.2GB uncompressed, but ~60-70MB in tar+gz format. surely there must be a way to reduce that size.
      • aidenn0 3y ago
        It's stored compressed with xzip
  • c0l0 3y ago
    > I guess that reflects the fact that debian is a distro from another time, when you had to be mindful of the resources you consumed. I am inclined to argue that the fact NixOS is having this problem and discussion goes to show that you *still* have to be mindful of the resources you consume :) While public cloud resources may seem infinite to some, at least the depth of the pockets of those shouldering the resulting costs should not.