The demo works great now. On 22/03/2016 1:14 AM, "Fabian Schmitthenner" <[email protected]> wrote:
> No, at least I haven't planned it. Also, IMHO we'd need to patch nixpkgs > with [1] to be able to do this (then you can interactively view > parameters of packages etc. interactively with nix-repl with a few nice > functions). Part of this has been proposed here: > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/13890, I will wait until this is > decided to maybe think about it. > > btw @Roger Qiu: did you manage to get the demo working in the meantime? > > [1] > > https://github.com/fkz/nixos-homepage/blob/master/nixpkgs/packages.json-generation/nixpkgs.patch > > On 03/21/2016 01:30 PM, Roger Qiu wrote: > > Just wanted to ask, is this package search enhanced with showing package > > parameters planned to be added to the standard command line Nix query > > tools? Or if it's already available and I haven't found it. > > > > On 9/03/2016 2:46 AM, Fabian Schmitthenner wrote: > >> I've added a few features: > >> > >> - Search in 15.09 as well as 16.03 > >> - Search in parameters > >> - A few more packages with parameters are recognized, e. g. firefox now > >> shows parameters > >> - Better error handling: If a parameter fails while trying to determine > >> what kind it is, it's simply not displayed, but anything else is > >> > >> As before, demo can be foud here: > >> http://schmitthenner.eu/nixos-homepage/nixos/packages.html. (compare to > >> official version: https://nixos.org/nixos/packages.html). You might > need > >> to clear your cache to see the new version. > >> > >> I've also added a pull request: > >> https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/pull/78. Feel free to comment > >> either on the list or on github. > >> > >> Have a great day! > >> > >> Fabian > >> > >> On 02/29/2016 03:59 AM, Fabian Schmitthenner wrote: > >>> Hi! > >>> > >>> I just wanted to share that I tried displaying package parameters on > the > >>> nixos homepage and the current result can be seen here: > >>> http://schmitthenner.eu/nixos-homepage/nixos/packages.html. > >>> > >>> When you click on a package, you hopefully see its parameter. This uses > >>> a heruristic to try to figure out which parameters are packages (and > >>> thus not displayed) and which are not (and thus displayed) that goes > >>> roughly as follows: > >>> > >>> - If the parameter is instantiated - either implicitly or explicitly - > >>> by callPackage, we look at the value and if it's a derivation, or a > list > >>> or attrset set of derivations, or a function it's not displayed > >>> - Otherwise, it's displayed > >>> > >>> I think there was a discussion about this a short while ago, but I > >>> couldn't find it. > >>> > >>> Please let me know what you think and if we might want a (more > elaborate > >>> version, e. g. also displaying the value of default arguments that > >>> aren't changed by callPackage, which requires an other change to nix > >>> because this info is currently not available, we only know if the > >>> argument is optional or not afaik) of this on our official website. > >>> > >>> Source code can be found on > >>> https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-homepage/compare/master...fkz:master > >>> Technically, I patched nixpkgs customization, so we not only get the > >>> override... functions, but also the original parameters and the > original > >>> function. > >>> Furthermore, this uses a patched version of nix which allows catching > >>> errors inside nix (added a primop __catch) that also seems useful more > >>> generally (when polished) (see > https://github.com/fkz/nix/tree/catch-throw). > >>> > >>> Fabian > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> nix-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > >
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