[Nix-dev] Unfree packages in Nixpkgs

Marc Weber marco-oweber at gmx.de
Wed Apr 9 16:06:04 CEST 2014


While I appreciate that things are simple I'm sure we can do even
better:

nixpkgs.config.allowUnfreePackages = ["skype" "ati"];
or simply "all" or true to allow all

When setting to true you still may get "new unfree" software unnoticed.

Would you mind thinking about whether having such an explicit white list
would be more valuable than just using "true/false" ?

Marc Weber


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