[Nix-dev] Reconsidering dash in package names

[Vladimír Čunát]

On 10/11/2014 02:55 PM, Shea Levy wrote:
> In my experience, the majority of scripts in nixpkgs either put
> dependend packages in buildInputs or interpolate them directly into
> scripts; adding a package directly as an env var is rare. Why is this
> worth giving up the superior readability and fidelity to actual package
> name provided by dashes?

+1. Are there any use cases for directly inheriting packages into the 
derivation?

BTW, what happens if you do it?


Vladimir


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