[Nix-dev] Re: [Want to commit tonight or tomorrow] overriding gnome components

[Michael Raskin]

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On 09/03/2010 09:38 AM, Michael Raskin wrote:
> 		Hello.
> 	We have some package sets (like gnome) that reside in their own
> all-packages.nix-like expressions. If we need to do a full override ...
> 	I assume that just taking solution from all-packages.nix (__overrides)
> should be good enough.
> 	Does anyone have a better solution? One option is to port these to
> callPackage, too (when it becomes useful to anyone).
> 	If I get no recommendations, I plan to just use the top-level-like
> solution for gnome-2.28.

Given that Eelco committed override fixes on all-packages.nix I am
planning to re-test the top-level-style gnome overrides with current
trunk (instantiation shouldn't change) and commit them late tonight or
tomorrow. I believe that changes have low impact and no objections were
seen.. (Yury confirmed that he found his idea no better than mine)
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