[Nix-dev] Fwd: [caskroom/homebrew-cask] Added nix 1.11.5 (#28531)

[Jörg Thalheim]

Will there be a homebrew package for nixpkgs?


On 2017-01-06 19:40, zimbatm wrote:
> For the lulz I packaged nix for homebrew cask. Now you can `brew cask install nix`. Anyways, what I wanted to highlight is that the contributiob process was quite nice, there are probably some ideas that we could take from them.
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> There is a clear path to contribution starting from the README.md which links to the right document. Also `brew cask create nix` was all I needed to get the new package description opened in my $EDITOR.
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> When they rejected the package it was with a link to a clear document that lists the inclusion criteria. This also helped me appeal and ultimately revert the decision by sharing some missing context.
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> Finally during the review, the reviewer was pushing style fixes to the PR. It was probably as quick as leaving a comment and made the whole process much more inclusive, we were actually working together to get this merged.
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> These are just some highlights. In general I find that homebrew has a good focus on usability.
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> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017, 11:43
> Subject: Re: [caskroom/homebrew-cask] Added nix 1.11.5 (#28531)
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> Merged #28531 <https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/28531>.
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