[Nix-dev] Re: User environment hooks

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl>
writes:

> So there is a tension between the declarative and "evolutionary" (store
> path-based) models for nix-env.  It's not clear to me how they can be combined
> in a clean way...

The declarative model allows deployment to be considered in terms of
function composition, while the "evolutionary model" needs
hooks---precisely so that it can deal with unforeseen evolutions of
what's deployed.

Thanks,
Ludo'.