[Nix-dev] A special BIOLOGY section

[Pjotr Prins]

Question: I have started creating BIOLOGY packages - which are to be
deployed as closures on different Linux/BSD distributions (32/64 bits
and perhaps even Windoze). I would like binaries automatically built
and made available for download - but I don't think it belongs in the
base Nix installation. Do we create a build-for-biology-release.nix in
the top-level? Can I have a separate 'biology' section on the Nix
site with current available binaries? Would it make sense to have
several of these specialisations - another could be for 'physics'
and, perhaps things like 'geo'.

I will make versions of binaries available on a mirror. 

The idea is that in science one needs to make installation real easy
- while Nix gives us reproducability. When someone writes a paper he
includes a reference to the used Nix binary. That would make it a
better world.

Pj.

On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 10:55:50AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> I am planning to create a number of NIX packages for deployment in
> academic BIOLOGY departments (eventually using a closure for
> deployment). What would be the logical place to put the packages?