[Nix-dev] Adding a name to mantainers list via ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix

[Luca Bruno]

On 15/12/2014 13:09, Carlo Nucera wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm packaging some Haskell stuff, and I begin to use the -m option
> in cabal2nix to add myself as a mantainer for the packages I want to
> keep in good shape.
>
> I'm packaging locally, overwriting the attributes in
> ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix. Unfortunately, when I try to install the
> packages, nix complains that my name is not in the mantainers list.
>
> So, is there a way to add a name to nixpkgs mantainers list,
> overriding the attribute in ~/.nixpkgs/config.nix?
Use a git nixpkgs clone and yourself to maintainers it the easiest.