[Nix-dev] Re: When will stdenv-updates be merged to trunk? (again)

[Peter Simons]

Hi Lluís,

 >> In case there aren't, does any object to committing those two check-ins
 >> to trunk directly?
 >
 > Having that in trunk causes a stdenv rebuild, so a rebuild of all
 > stdenv.mkDerivation packages. We would have to announce such a thing.

fair enough. I guess, I'm just getting a little impatient because those
changes have been hidden away in 'stdenv-updates' for quite while.


 > I'm working these days in the stdenv-updates branches trying to get
 > new platforms for NixOS. [...] I'm not sure I will have that totally
 > finished by next week, though.

You seem to be saying that 'stdenv-updates' cannot be merged for the
next two weeks, at least. Do I read that right?


 > What do you think, glibc 2.12 and gcc 4.5.1 for the new stdenv? If
 > that can be agreed, we can go on stabilizing stdenv-updates for a
 > later merge.

To be honest, I'm not particularly interested in newer versions of glibc
and gcc. I postponing those updates means that the parallel building
patches can go into trunk sooner, then I'm for postponing the updates,
i.e. for doing them after the merge.

Alternatively, I could also commit those two patches I care about
directly to trunk. Maybe that's easiest?

Take care,
Peter