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[Chris Jones]

Hi,

> On 19 Jan 2015, at 7:13 pm, Craig Treleaven <ctreleaven at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> At 3:11 PM +0000 1/19/15, Chris Jones wrote:
>> ...
> 
> Does anyone else find it bizarre that, in 2015, we've got such an active thread about saving a few gigs of space?

Nope. Saving disk space when not required is always a good idea.

> 
> If one has a too-small SSD, it seems more-than-a-little strange to complain that building/installing a bunch of software packages consumes it.  Get a bigger drive.  Or smaller expectations.

And how pray does one do that in a Mac Book with non-upgradable Solid state storage...

> 
> Having archives where one can activate/deactivate in moments is an awesome feature.  Upgrade go bad?  Switch back in moments.  Need multiple versions of a package with conflicting variants, switch in seconds.  Etc.
> 
> It would be folly to remove such a fantastic feature to cater to a few space-constrained users.

No one to my knowledge has suggested that. Just that it should be an *option*...

> 
> Craig