I believe this page is the most useful one: https://nixos.org/wiki/Create_and_debug_nix_packages.
On Tue Nov 11 2014 at 22:41:03 Daniel Hlynskyi <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ > Oh, that's new manual for me, thanks! > > 2014-11-11 19:37 GMT+01:00 Domen Kožar <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Daniel, >> >> >>> Wiki and manual information is helpfull, but not enlighting. I'll start >>> there, but maybe someone can point me to better docs/examples on package >>> process? >>> >> >> Just making sure, two manuals to read: >> >> - http://nixos.org/nix/manual/ >> - http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/ >> >> >>> In particular: >>> - is there simple way to convert existing Debian (or Arch/AUR) package >>> to Nix? >>> >> >> No. >> >> >>> - testing package isolated to system >>> >> >> Make sure you enable chroot builds and you're done (on Linux, OSX is a >> bit tricky at the moment) >> >> >>> - nix derivation syntax and semantics (from scratch and for dummies) >>> >> >> http://nixos.org/nix/manual/#chap-writing-nix-expressions >> >> >>> - nix derivation workflow patterns for dummies >>> - nix naming and versioning patterns for dummies >>> >> >> http://nixos.org/nixpkgs/manual/#chap-conventions >> >> >> >>> - maintaining >>> >> >> We don't have much on that. Make sure you add yourself as maintainer and >> respond to build failures and bug reports. >> >> I admit that documentation about Nix language and quickstart for >> packaging is not the best - but planned to be improved. >> >> Domen >> > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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