[Nix-dev] Providing Debian, Arch etc. packages counterproductive?

[Jookia]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:37:58AM +0200, Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 22/09/15 11:35, Thomas Hunger wrote:
> 
> > I can think of two solutions 1) make the packages set up nix correctly so
> > nix-env is usable out of the box and 2) Remove all custom packages and tell
> > people to use the installer script.
> 
> +1 on option 2.

Why not both? Have the packages run the installer script.