[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18894 - MarcWeber - in nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs: applications/misc/synergy applications/networking/browsers/netsurf applications/version-management/git-and-tools applications/version-management/git-and-tools/fast-export applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git applications/version-management/git-and-tools/qgit applications/video/MPlayer applications/video/cinelerra build-support development/compilers/haxe development/compilers/neko development/interpreters/octave development/interpreters/python-new/2.5 development/libraries/haskell/get-options development/libraries/haskell/ghc-syb development/misc development/tools/misc development/tools/misc/ctags misc misc/lilypond os-specific/linux/autofs top-level

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

Michael Raskin wrote:

> Why use Nix if not for zero-risk trying out bleeding-edge stuff?

Certainly Nix allows that, but the question is whether Nixpkgs, as a software
distribution, should contain them.  Of course there are projects that don't do
stable release with a reasonable frequency (like MPlayer) so for those we don't
have a choice.

> Or
> maybe we need a separate tree for not-so-stable updates. Building tip of
> GCC repository is in the same ballpark - do you have a reason to single
> out GNU projects?

Those are not in Nixpkgs!

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Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/