Re: [Nix-dev] Policy for updates in 14.04 (was: Keeping nixpkgs up to date)

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 3:57 AM, Peter Simons wrote: > > the stable release branch is not supposed to have up-to-date software. > Its purpose is to provide a software environment that is *stable*. > Packages in the release branch should be modified only if the update > fixes an important bug, like

Re: [Nix-dev] Policy for updates in 14.04 (was: Keeping nixpkgs up to date)

Almost any software update will contain a bunch of bugfixes and only sometimes new features. And for lots of nixpkgs software, having the update in master, doesn't guarantee that it is much tested once it becomes stable. I'd prefer to have a less strict rule about updating the stable branch, and

[Nix-dev] Policy for updates in 14.04 (was: Keeping nixpkgs up to date)

Hi Chris, > > > Updating Tor on 14.04 to version 0.2.4.22 and Tor Browser to 3.6.2. > This has been sitting for two months. Since then a newer version of > Tor and Tor Browser has come out so it's already out of date. the stable release branch is