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

[Maarten Hoogendoorn]

Ah, I see ;) Now it makes sense.

2016-06-07 14:42 GMT+02:00 zimbatm <zimbatm at zimbatm.com>:

> 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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