[Nix-dev] development environments

[Lucas Paul]

I found the Haskell overlay interesting, but I'm left with only a
vague idea about what problem it's solving, and how. It mentioned
darcs as an example, but I didn't grasp the difference between
installing darcs with and without the overlay. Could you elaborate a
bit?

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Marc Weber <marco-oweber at gmx.de> wrote:
> Excerpts from Lucas Paul's message of Fri Feb 22 21:13:54 +0100 2013:
>> I'm just learning how to make software in nix (with some help from the
>> wiki). If I want to use an IDE, say Leksah, should that be in the
>> build environment too, or should I install that into my default
>> profile?
> build environment, because leksah uses ghc internal features, such
> depends on your build env such as ghc version AFAIK.
>
> Of course if you use the same set of libraries always, installing it
> into your default profile may be more convenient.
>
> Maybe try both, and keep using what works best for you.
>
> At this point in time I also want to remind that there is a second way
> for install haskell packages using nixpkgs
> https://nixos.org/wiki/Nixpkgs-haskell-overlay
>
> Marc Weber
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