Hi Luca, > It takes too much time to deliver the new packages from the nixos > channel, and it would take equally long to compile them on production > servers.
that OpenSSL update was committed 5 hours ago. Isn't it a wee bit early to say that the update takes "too much time"? Also, note that you don't have to wait for the channel to update to get binaries. Running $ nix-build nixos -A system -I nixpkgs=$PWD --dry-run --option binary-caches http://hydra.nixos.org in a checked-out copy of the release-14.04 branch shows that a good portion of Nixpkgs has been compiled by Hydra already, and compiling the rest locally is not a serious problem, IMHO. I agree that the ability to make quick-and-dirty replacements of core libraries in a running system would be nice to have. Personally, I doubt I'd ever bother with that kind of hackery though, because the normal update channels are quick enough, IMHO. Best regards, Peter _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
