No not that I know of. It would be awkward to maintain because homebrew expects to be installed in /usr/local and not in the /nix/store. It works the other way around because homebrew casks don't try to maintain anything and just unpack and run an install script.
On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 at 19:58 Jörg Thalheim <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually mean the other way around. > > > On 2017-01-06 20:57, zimbatm wrote: > > Yes that's the package. It installs nix with the nixpkgs-unstable > channel. It does basically the same thing as `curl > https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh` but also provides an uninstall step. > > > > On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 at 19:21 Jörg Thalheim <[email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > > > 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]> <mailto:[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]> <mailto: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > >>> > > > Cc: zimbatm <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>, Author < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto: > [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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > >
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