> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:30:41 +0400 > From: Yurii Kudryashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] package-darcs package-svn package-v.v.v ? > > 2007/8/15, Marc Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Should > > package-darcs behave the way > > package-1.0 behaves? > > if there is no alternative? > > > > I would say nix-env -i package should be able to install package-darcs if > > there is none with given version availible. What do you think? > > > > Or would you prefer a different way marking a repository version ? > Gentoo uses something link package-1.9999. I think, it's good. Or, if > you don't want nix-env -u to upgrade from 1.0 to darcs, you may use > something like package-0.0000.
While Gentoo indeed uses such a scheme, I wouldn't say it's good. It's much better to have a way to specify an arbitrary (partial) order between package versions that could even differ per user. I'm not sure how nix currently works, though ... Cheers, Andres -- Andres Loeh, Universiteit Utrecht mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.andres-loeh.de _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
