Compression is no longer needed (in theory)

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ jobs:
           export RELEASE_TAG=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")
           echo "RELEASE_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-          # Compress the image with gzip
-          gzip guix-live-${RELEASE_TAG}.qcow2
-
       - name: Prepare Release Notes
         run: |
           echo $'This live image was prepared with the following channel configuration:\r\n\r\n```\r\n' > release-notes.md
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: Guix Live Image - ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
           tag_name: v${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
-          files: guix-live-${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.qcow2.gz
+          files: guix-live-${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}.qcow2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: SystemCrafters/guix-live-image

README.md

@@ -19,15 +19,9 @@ we're making improvements to the configuration.**
 
 ## Instructions
 
-1. Download a recently built `.qcow2.gz` from this repo's
+1. Download a recently built `.qcow2` from this repo's
    [release page](https://github.com/SystemCrafters/guix-live-image/releases)
-2. Decompress the `.gz` file you downloaded (update `guix-image-*` path if needed):
-
-```
-gzip -d guix-image-*.qcow2.gz > guix-live.qcow2
-```
-
-3. Launch the image in QEMU (update the image path in the last line!):
+2. Launch the image in QEMU (update the image path in the last line!):
 
 ```
 qemu-system-x86_64 \

build-image.sh

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ die() {
 
 # Build the image
 printf 'Attempting to build the image...\n\n'
-image=$(guix system image 'config.scm') \
+image=$(guix system image -t qcow2 --volatile 'config.scm') \
     || die 'Could not create image.'
 
 release_tag=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")