[Nix-dev] Install Nix on OSX, install nixops -> runs python2.7-pytest tests

[zimbatm]

It's possible, the nixpkgs-unstable and nixos-unstable both evolve
independently as they have different "success" conditions.

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016, 13:38 Maarten Hoogendoorn, <maarten at moretea.nl> wrote:

> Ah, that could be very well the cause of this. Is the OS X build lagging
> behind the NixOS one? I thought if some package was present in the unstable
> channel, that hydra would have build it and uploaded it to the binary cache?
>
> 2016-06-07 14:30 GMT+02:00 zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com>:
>
>> In general I found that there are less packages available from the cache
>> on OSX. What probably happened is that the packages had to be built. If
>> doCheck = true then tests are run after the build and this is the default
>> for python packages.
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2016, 13:19 Maarten Hoogendoorn, <maarten at moretea.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I have been a really happy Nix{,pkgs,os,ops} for some time. In fact, I'm
>>> writing two intro blog posts about nix during working hours for Container
>>> Solutions. Since most of the developers that will read the blogpost will be
>>> running OS X, I've borrowed a spare macbook, and installed nix and nixops.
>>>
>>> To my surprise, this caused python tests to run. Is this the expected
>>> behavior?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Maarten
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