Hi Michael, > Well, with NixPkgs having multiple instances of a package installed > requires zero support from the package expression itself. I do think > that services becoming more like packages would be a good thing, but > currently I have no idea how to do this except by just giving up the > module system.
I don't think we need to or even should give up the module system. Some settings are global (like the hostname and most boot options), and the module system makes those a lot easier to manage. This proposal is only for services and service-like entities. Greets, Ertugrul _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev