[bug#39734] [PATCH] scripts: Emit GC hint if free space is lower than absolute and relative threshold.

[Pierre Neidhardt]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> So back to the original patch… I think we should use ‘size->number’ for
> the absolute threshold.
>
> I’m also still mildly reluctant to the addition of
> ‘GUIX_DISK_SPACE_WARNING_ABSOLUTE’ (one more variable and a weird
> name—“absolute warning”?).  An option could be to allow
> ‘GUIX_DISK_SPACE_WARNING’ to optionally contain both thresholds.  These
> would be valid values:
>
>   1GiB;10%
>   15            ;15% relative, and default absolute
>   15%           ;same
>   1G            ;1G absolute, and default relative

The above logic implies that we test against size->number, and if it
fails then we set the relative threshold.

But a size->number quits Guile.  Should we error out instead?

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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