[Nix-dev] GNOME packaging file structure

[zimbatm]

You could also have a package/base/default.nix for common things and
override what you want in package/3.20/default.nix. I bet the dependency
list would evolve independently.

On Fri, 3 Jun 2016, 15:57 Luca Bruno, <lethalman88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> after GNOME 3.20 I'm planning to change the file hierarchy of
> pkgs/desktops/gnome-3.
> How it works now when updating:
> 1. Copy directory from e.g 3.18 to 3.20
> 2. Make changes to 3.20
>
> The problem is that in the while changes to 3.18 may happen, especially
> when a release is delayed that much. Just think between 3.18 and 3.20 in
> our nixpkgs repository the multi-outputs branch has been merged.
>
> Currently the file hierarchy looks like:
> 3.20/package/default.nix
> 3.20/package/src.nix
>
> I would like to change it to:
> package/base.nix
> package/3.20/src.nix
>
> Or something like that. I'm still unsure how exactly this looks like in
> the code, but I think it will be better in terms of maintenance.
>
> Best regards,
>
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