[Nix-dev] confused by the recent channels stuff

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

Hello,

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 02:52:38AM +0200, Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> On 22/04/12 11:03, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
> > However, I have some local packages in my /etc/nixos/nixpkgs, and they
> > are not available anymore.
> > So I guess channels are not for people who want to have some local
> > modifications.
> > And what does this mean for binary updates? Are they only available
> > through the channel from now on?
> 
> It's the same as it's always been: if the path you're building is available in a
> subscribed channel, you get binaries, otherwise it's built from source.  So it
> depends on how much your source tree differs from the sources in the channel.

Will 'installer.manifests' still be available in nixos? Should we use it at all,
and if so, what manifests url do you recommend for nixos/nixpkgs from trunk?

Regards,
Lluís.