From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Nov 17 09:44:59 2020 Received: (at 44353) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Nov 2020 14:44:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58789 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kf2E7-0006z1-Cr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:44:59 -0500 Received: from mail-qt1-f182.google.com ([209.85.160.182]:36562) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kf2E4-0006yl-9m for 44353@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:44:58 -0500 Received: by mail-qt1-f182.google.com with SMTP id 3so15735068qtx.3 for <44353@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:44:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=UJVcDKqktQjdrv4nrai+l9ncPBgjLuq7xDNileg6dqo=; b=D2nxhOUMi+mhASqBeZItO5jIVEpzrH5D/v9VXi447++6EUPv2UG4w/7LbIfGOoYcBP 0WBcAXlYAkaDk2FW4pQLT56wgbn6/v1WvFkDJPDe9CgjEOwKTTdd/VtKqpP/pQOpJMnK 0kCYD989FklGxP7Dea9Gm49ELuh/3EUgqfYyyefOYRT2V7LP0uOXunKwzk4TyiE9AU+m QJg9fmY2PE0gFLLS4TrwWHpdoFNsmHi9RiqXxWTcZHCjCSKycEQRbijaep6/Q9D6fBW9 +hwaBvIGjRdVaRbNnYIBLSDauQzb6/dfmoGus8qolOfeg+MGkcpIpENM7Wimu0q5So38 HzIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=UJVcDKqktQjdrv4nrai+l9ncPBgjLuq7xDNileg6dqo=; b=K/ebiHW6S/ZadbhhGKAQUEKjjuLuaVkEKEph2C/6sWFGaCzDzEBl+Lm1hYK9HwzOPF JprCzfUO3n3AQsq+Bp0IP0JMtCPLJmWtjyrk6qrXErUTgZ1Dtr2Iti1rKXZr3oDrJml+ HIPEIFZaM+FsEIZU/OS9qvoevVsT/UHTaJz1/sUNwQPt8EIFC0JGk59K6fotzKn6tetp xeEqCpAVKQKi6xnj2WWN13GFSEuQgLj06vHfo+t7Dt5iOwRaWH7YsdbBMGUksqIV06GF yo2ktfPLPkdIRdQ+8IzcWj62xyVyJl5iDN3WlcPuGabJxAc0Gz56iSkZYAiFCYO1EIIs pWSw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533aJNWVE/d9/i05WKgsCcqKfVh28qdQHzul3OjBkAQgUL2rtiJL Rb97koYXtFrMOnnKBiSNo6I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyss8uyHADZ897AWFj5IbCyv522sLSA2+OXSzk0WePC2r2QwwCl5my3oX7mXoykf8xNYypdqw== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:1288:: with SMTP id y8mr19350789qti.177.1605624290368; Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:44:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from hurd (dsl-205-236-230-198.b2b2c.ca. [205.236.230.198]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n125sm10598757qkd.85.2020.11.17.06.44.49 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:44:49 -0800 (PST) From: Maxim Cournoyer To: Mathieu Othacehe Subject: Re: bug#44353: [PATCH version-1.2.0 v2] guix: system: Add a new '--non-volatile' option for disk-image. References: <87h7q0cdns.fsf@gnu.org> <20201112070917.11794-1-maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> <877dqrvums.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7pufwop.fsf@gmail.com> <87r1oyjyhx.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:44:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87r1oyjyhx.fsf@gnu.org> (Mathieu Othacehe's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:06:34 +0100") Message-ID: <87tutoavq6.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 44353 Cc: 44353@debbugs.gnu.org, Jesse Gibbons X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Hello Mathieu, Mathieu Othacehe writes: [...] > When developing the image API, I hesitated keeping the default of using > volatile root file systems by default. > > In most cases, I think that the user may prefer to have non volatile > images. They already have to copy the image from the store and make it > writable so that QEMU can use it with "-hda" argument. > > Switching the default to non volatile could be an option I think. Doing > what you are proposing: setting volatile to false when image-size is > passed could also be a first step. Hi Mathieu! As I mentioned in a reply to Ludovic and based from your feedback I'll make the disk-image produced to be non-volatile by default, with the switch to make them volatile becoming "--volatile". Thanks! Maxim