Will there be a homebrew package for nixpkgs?
On 2017-01-06 19:40, zimbatm wrote: > For the lulz I packaged nix for homebrew cask. Now you can `brew cask install > nix`. Anyways, what I wanted to highlight is that the contributiob process > was quite nice, there are probably some ideas that we could take from them. > > There is a clear path to contribution starting from the README.md which links > to the right document. Also `brew cask create nix` was all I needed to get > the new package description opened in my $EDITOR. > > When they rejected the package it was with a link to a clear document that > lists the inclusion criteria. This also helped me appeal and ultimately > revert the decision by sharing some missing context. > > Finally during the review, the reviewer was pushing style fixes to the PR. It > was probably as quick as leaving a comment and made the whole process much > more inclusive, we were actually working together to get this merged. > > These are just some highlights. In general I find that homebrew has a good > focus on usability. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Miccal Matthews <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017, 11:43 > Subject: Re: [caskroom/homebrew-cask] Added nix 1.11.5 (#28531) > To: caskroom/homebrew-cask <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: zimbatm <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Author > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Merged #28531 <https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/28531>. > > — > You are receiving this because you authored the thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/pull/28531#event-912529758>, or > mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAMsDii1OcfwpqT5gwbNWZLdZ2Ef1Soks5rPNdUgaJpZM4LaLKP>. > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
