[Nix-dev] another style proposal

[Lluís Batlle]

I prefer having an idea of the dependencies of a package in the
all-packages.nix file.

2010/4/3 Yury G. Kudryashov <urkud+nix at ya.ru>:
> Hi!
>
> I propose to use the following style.
>
> In all-packages.nix:
>
> mypkg = makeOverridable (import ../path/to/mypkg) ( pkgs // { cg =
> getPkgConfig "mypkg"; } );
>
> In mypkg/default.nix:
>
> a:
> let
>  inherit (a) stdenv fetchurl other things cg;
>  inherit (a.gtkLibs) gtk glib;
> in
>
> stdenv.mkDerivation {
>  buildInputs = if cg "gtk" false then [ gtk glib ] else [];
> }
>
> Are there any objections against this style? All the arguments are listed in
> "let" block.
>
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