[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] git:// repositories in nixpkgs

[Jeffrey David Johnson]

At least on github there's always an equivalent https:// url right?

On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:49:04 -0400
Shea Levy <shea at shealevy.com> wrote:

> fetchurl has a concept of multiple urls and mirrors, I’m not sure if fetchgit does but it would be nice for this use case. git:// should be preferred when it is usable, but if it’s not fetchgit could fall back to an alternatively specified URL.
> 
> > On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Serge Kosyrev <_deepfire at feelingofgreen.ru> wrote:
> > 
> > Good day, folks!
> > 
> > What is the stance on git:// repositories in nixpkgs?
> > 
> > They are generally unavailable from behind corporate firewalls.
> > 
> > One package employing this is grub, as of current master.
> > 
> > -- 
> > regards,
> > Серёга Косырев
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