Hi Daniel,
> Wiki and manual information is helpfull, but not enlighting. I'll start > there, but maybe someone can point me to better docs/examples on package > process? > Just making sure, two manuals to read: - http://nixos.org/nix/manual/ - http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ > In particular: > - is there simple way to convert existing Debian (or Arch/AUR) package to > Nix? > No. > - testing package isolated to system > Make sure you enable chroot builds and you're done (on Linux, OSX is a bit tricky at the moment) > - nix derivation syntax and semantics (from scratch and for dummies) > http://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-writing-nix-expressions > - nix derivation workflow patterns for dummies > - nix naming and versioning patterns for dummies > http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-conventions > - maintaining > We don't have much on that. Make sure you add yourself as maintainer and respond to build failures and bug reports. I admit that documentation about Nix language and quickstart for packaging is not the best - but planned to be improved. Domen
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