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

[zimbatm]

Yes that's the package. It installs nix with the nixpkgs-unstable channel.
It does basically the same thing as `curl https://nixos.org/nix/install |
sh` but also provides an uninstall step.

On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 at 19:21 Jörg Thalheim <joerg at higgsboson.tk> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > These are just some highlights. In general I find that homebrew has a
> good focus on usability.
> >
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> > From: Miccal Matthews <notifications at github.com <mailto:
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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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