[Nix-dev] nix channels and nix expressions

[Lluís Batlle]

2009/9/25 Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru>:
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> Lluís Batlle wrote:
>> The current stable releases, afaik, have only been snapshots taken of
>> nixpkgs before huge steps forward, and they have not been maintained
>> appart, so they are as stable as the trunk was at that moment. I don't
>> think those moments were of extraordinary stability of trunk.
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> I think that stable releases mark the revisions you should _never_ use.
> It is unfortunate, but there is some reason for that: Nix-related
> projects are stable between inflows of fresh ideas but then there is no
> milestone to declare release; when there is a milestone, there is a lot
> of small changes before and after, so you get what you may want to

I think that the 'stable' branch should not be declared stable as long
as it is not maintained apart from the main development, keeping some
kind of 'static-ness' to be defined. Maybe not update the pkgs to
newer versions? I don't know if it would be of any advantage.

What would be the advantage of a trunk-snapshot (what we now call
"stable") other than directly the trunk?