[2018-12-27 11:24] Kai Harries <[email protected]> > > [2018-02-26 22:46] Andrey Rahmatullin <[email protected]> > >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:14:37PM +0100, Kai Harries wrote: > >> > > The source package you've uploaded is broken, as .dsc mentions > >> > > nix_1.11.15-2~a1.debian.tar.xz. > > > > Hi! > > > > What is state of affairs with packaging nix? I am interested in getting > > things done, maybe I could contribute somehow? > > We need to discuss with ftp-masters if we can get an exemption from > the non-standard-toplevel-dir lintian rule (see this bug [1]). I am > still planning to write a request to them, do you know if > [email protected] would be the right address to start this > discussion?
Probably not. Violations of FHS is violation of policy, and to get authorization to policy violation is long road, starting with discussion on debian-devel@. But, can't we just configure Nix to store it under /var/nix? > Furthermore I am waiting for the 2.2 Nix upstream release (see here [2]) > the master was not buildable for me the last time I tried it (see here > [3]). I will take a look.
