[Nix-dev] 'nixos-stable' channel? (was: Re: NixOS 17.03 Beta, 16.09 Security Support Timeline)

[Bjørn Forsman]

On 5 March 2017 at 20:22, Kevin Cox <kevincox at kevincox.ca> wrote:
> Oops, forgot to include the list.
>
> On Mar 5, 2017 16:15, "Sander" <nixos at humilis.net> wrote:
>
> Graham Christensen wrote (ao):
>> NixOS 17.03 has entered Beta. This means we now have 3 versions of NixOS
>> being developed:
>>
>>  - 16.09 (stable)
>>  - 17.03 (beta)
>>  - unstable
>
> Would it make sense to have a 'nixos-stable' channel that points to
> whatever channel is stable?
>
> It's kinda a weird concept, as there would be breaking changes whenever it
> switched between releases but I do see the use of a more tested stream then
> nixos-unstable. Maybe it would be a channel with breaking changes but "no"
> broken packages?
>
> I would love to hear what people think about this.

As long as the nixos-stable channel is an opt-in, why not?

Best regards,
Bjørn Forsman