[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 18025 - eelco - nixpkgs/branches/xorg-7.5/pkgs/top-level

[Michael Raskin]

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Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> __overrides is an implementation detail needed to override values in a recursive
> attribute set.  If the set isn't recursive but gets its own result as a function
> argument then you don't need __overrides. But that's an orthogonal issue. 

Hm, really, I missed the point that you only promised to kill
__overrides, not remove the overrides from core expressions.

> BTW, I removed the deepOverride calls only because they're no longer needed
> since GTK 2.18 is now the default, not because I object to them per se.

Sorry, I quoted in a misleading fashion. Of course I am all for removing
deepOverrides there (I was a bit annoyed that I had to create and use it
in the first place). I only replied to the second statement that
packageOverrides are strictly cleaner.

Thanks for clarifications.
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