Re: GNU Guile 3.0.3 released

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de> skribis:

>> "Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" <arne_bab@web.de> skribis:
>>
>>> Are there already results about the difference in build-time from the 
>>> git-repo?
>>
>> Andy wrote a nice post that includes performance comparisons:
>>
>>   https://wingolog.org/archives/2020/06/03/a-baseline-compiler-for-guile
>
> That post is why I ask. Would it be possible to get rid of the binaries
> in the tarballs with this change? Maybe by first compiling in O1 and
> recompiling after the basic modules are there?

The Guix package for Guile has always been built by first removing the
prebuilt/ directory.  It’s always been an option, it just takes more
time to build.  In 3.0.3, it takes a “reasonable” amount of time for
modern x86 machines (around 20mn with “make -j8” + tests).

Thanks,
Ludo’.