How do you handle incomplete nimble packages?

[ThomasTJdev]

Hi @scippie

I would suggest that you go with the personal repo and potentially the 
package-version in your repo for production projects:

  1. Cloning the repo to ensure that you can manage all changes. Then simply 
`pull` and `git fetch --tags upstream && git push --tags` to keep it up to date.
  2. Using the `nimbledeps` directory in your projects to keep the dependencies 
within the projects repo and commit them.



I had some trouble with `nimbledeps` due to working with Nim v1.6.18 and v2. 
That was solved by setting the nimblePath in the `config.nims`:
    
    
    when NimMajor >= 2:
      switch("nimblePath", "nimbledeps/pkgs2")
    else:
      switch("nimblePath", "nimbledeps/pkgs")
    
    
    Run

To activate the `nimbledeps` just:
    
    
    $ mkdir nimbledeps
    $ nimble install <package name>
    
    
    Run