Perhaps there is a case to be made that the hydra.nixos.org -> CloudFront delay is too long.
2014-06-05 20:04 GMT+02:00 Peter Simons <[email protected]>: > 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 _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
