Excerpts from Roger Qiu's message of Tue May 19 05:56:30 + 2015:
> Wouldn't it be better for version numbers to always exist?
You're totally right that the
mkDerivation {
name ="name-"
}
version should always exist. Thus if you find cases just create a topic
branch, fix, and submit on
Wouldn't it be better for version numbers to always exist? That way it's
simple to know the exact version of your package that you're installing,
even if it's just one package. I'd prefer for it not to be random.
On 16/05/2015 7:27 AM, Vladimír Čunát wrote:
Hi.
On 05/15/2015 11:09 PM, Amy de
Hi.
On 05/15/2015 11:09 PM, Amy de Buitléir wrote:
> Q 1. Why do some packages have version numbers, and some don't? Are the ones
> without version numbers some sort of "virtual" package?
Missing version should be considered a bug, I believe, at least in most
cases. I versioned dmenu2 in d4179832
> [ with and without version numbers ]
Version numbers get added if people find that there is need to keep
multiple versions. Thus its kind of random
> where / how to find package names
See https://nixos.org/wiki/Howto_find_a_package_in_NixOS
Marc Weber
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I'm new to NixOS, and I'm confused about the relation between packages,
nix-env, and /etc/nixos/configuration.nix. In case it matters, I'm on
nixos-unstable:
[root@wombat9000:~]# nix-channel --list
nixos https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable
Q 1. Why do some packages have version numbers, and
