This is an appropriate place to discuss proposals to change the language, which the initial post did. My follow up question was questioning the merit of adding it to the language, when it seems trivial to achieve the desired result with no change.
It was deps_path: because deps_path is an option passed in a keyword list in a mix.exs file. https://hexdocs.pm/mix/master/Mix.Project.html#module-configuration Allen Madsen http://www.allenmadsen.com On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 2:42 AM Unified Front <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Sorry for jumping in here, but shouldn’t that be something like this: > > deps_path = System.get_env("MIX_DEPS_PATH") || “some default path" > > (this level of questions should probably not be handled in here in > elixir-lang-core, but rather > https://elixirforum.com and/or https://elixir-lang.slack.com ) > > R. > Fridrik. > > > On 11 Jun 2019, at 00:09, Allen Madsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there a reason that it's insufficient to do: > > deps_path: System.get_env("MIX_DEPS_PATH") || "deps" > > Allen Madsen > http://www.allenmadsen.com > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 4:45 PM Philip Sampaio <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> We currently have some environment variables available to configure Mix >> <https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.html#module-environment-variables> and one >> of them is *MIX_BUILD_PATH*. >> In our development environment we use Docker and Docker compose, and this >> env var helps a lot with caching and issues related to Docker for Mac. >> <https://stories.abletech.nz/optimising-docker-for-mac-and-elixir-130db4ecd7c3> >> We mount a volume outside the application directory to have a better >> performance. The idea is to have the same for our dependencies. >> >> I know that we can configure the *deps_path* through Mix project as an >> option, but It would be great if we could configure this using an >> environment variable just like the build path. >> We could call this new env var *MIX_DEPS_PATH.* >> What do you think? >> >> Cheers, >> Philip >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elixir-lang-core" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/d6db2ca8-defb-4671-98f0-e77cc3a5d0f0%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/d6db2ca8-defb-4671-98f0-e77cc3a5d0f0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAK-y3Cv8y0HxnRxJOcZegWDqPnB5ofWpDvBtUiUcoMNJ3hm22g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAK-y3Cv8y0HxnRxJOcZegWDqPnB5ofWpDvBtUiUcoMNJ3hm22g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/FD696ED4-F126-43EE-808A-21516804355D%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/FD696ED4-F126-43EE-808A-21516804355D%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAK-y3CsNhNh5r1em%2BDDfNM1wixisHqEe1Yj9Jkb8vzLZcT_Mjg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
