[Nix-dev] Improving Nix Containers

[Rok Garbas]

Quoting Eric Sagnes (2015-11-11 02:50:12)
> Dear mailing list,
> 
> There are a few PR on nixpkgs introducing some exciting new features to nix
> containers that are inactive for some time.
> 
> Quicklist:
> 
> #3021 Improvements for declarative nixos containers [1] Brings unique unit
> per container, new network options and other improvements.  Looks almost
> ready to merge (conflicts with master).
> 
> #7993 nixos-container: support user-defined extra binds [2] Brings shared
> folders between host and containers.  There is a consideration about
> RequireMountsFor, but #3021 unique unit per container could help.
> 
> #6208 IPv6 containers and NAT [3] Brings ipv6 containers.  There is
> a consideration about forward ports option parsing and it conflicts with
> master.
> 
> It is such a waste to let these PR slowly dying as they seem so close to
> merge.
> 
> I hope this message can help to bring some light back on these PR and
> identify the potential remaining issues.
> 
> Best regards, Eric
> 
> [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/3021 [2]
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/7993 [3]
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/6208

Hi Eric

I was looking into this PR today myself. I guess best what we can do is to ping
all involved.

Functionality wise they all look something we would want in nixpkgs.



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Rok Garbas - http://www.garbas.si
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