[Nix-dev] [RFC] Merging of multiple-outputs-sandbox into trunk

[Yury G. Kudryashov]

Shea Levy wrote:

> On 11/6/11 2:18 AM, Shea Levy wrote:
>> Author: shlevy
>> Date: Sun Nov  6 07:18:19 2011
>> New Revision: 30258
>> URL: https://nixos.org/websvn/nix/?rev=30258&sc=1
> 
> Hi all (especially Eelco),
> 
> With this commit, I believe the multiple-outputs-sandbox branch is ready
> for consideration to be merged into nix trunk.
Sorry, I have no time to review your implementation (too busy with my day 
job). I'll share my thoughts about multiple-outputs. Feel free to ignore 
this.

1. The notion of fixed-output derivation should be replaced by the notion of 
fixed-output _output_. Use case: 'data' part of a package (say, game).

2. About cyclic dependencies. An output should have a way to tell nix to 
ignore some dependencies. Say, $out/nix-support/ignored-dependencies. Use 
case: splitting debug information from the main package (main package 
explicitly tells nix that it does not depend on the debug package).

I'll try to think about it and tell you about other ideas...
-- 
Yury G. Kudryashov,
mailto: urkud at mccme.ru