[Nix-dev] Anarchy

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 04:04:20PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Michael Weiss <wm at borasi.de> skribis:
> 
> > Let's talk about names.
> 
> In fact names don’t matter with Nix.  Each package is basically a
> function that returns an attribute set and derivation or store path.
> This result is a first-class object in the Nix language, so it can be
> assigned to any variable, named however you like, and passed around.

Well, nixos users will have to type attribute names for their systemPackages and
such. :)

REgards,
Lluís.