Raju Devidas <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:05:06 +0000 Kai Harries <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Package: wnpp >> Severity: wishlist >> Owner: Kai Harries <[email protected]> >> >> * Package name : nix >> Version : 1.1.15 >> Upstream Author : Eelco Dolstra <[email protected]> >> * URL : https://nixos.org/nix/ >> * License : LGPL v2.1 >> Programming Lang: C++, Shell, C, Perl >> Description : Purely functional package manager >> >> A powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that >> makes package management reliable and reproducible. Nix provides >> atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple >> versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of >> build environments. >> >> I personally use it to install software that is not part of Debian or >> software that I need in a newer version. >> >> My packaging efforts can be found here [1]. >> >> I am looking for a sponsor. >> >> [1] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian/releases >> > Have you made any progress on this? > I discovered the package manager today and I think it would be great to > have it in Debian.
Regarding getting nix included into Debian, no. First this [1] must be solved. But the packaging itself should work, you can build a Debian package yourself by cloning the repository [2] and following the instructions in the README. [1] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian/issues/2 [2] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian
