[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - r26983 - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Florian,

Florian Friesdorf <flo at chaoflow.net> writes:

> notmuch: -inheritable-tags-hack +atomic-new

[...]

>  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
> -  name = "notmuch-0.5-cfl8";
> +  name = "notmuch-0.5-nixos1";
>  
>    src = fetchgit {
>      url = "git://github.com/chaoflow/notmuch";
> -    rev = "cfl8";
> -    sha256 = "ee39cd0b48511468f569220909ed46966f10f14ad118f2388843b823712b0333";
> +    rev = "nixos1";
> +    sha256 = "979bf154c05b1560ac95ec29c55a221960cba65073fdf5cb1d00312dd9ecfb57";
>    };

Is there any specific reason for using a Git snapshot?

Packages in Nixpkgs should use a published tarball, so users know what
version of the package they use, which allows them to provide useful bug
reports upstream, etc.

If you really need the latest & greatest, what about adding a
‘notmuchUnstable’ (or similar) derivation alongside the latest stable
release?

Thanks,
Ludo’.