Hi,
I’m currently evaluating Nix (the package manager) for use at Snowplow - I
really like what I see but I have some questions, particularly around
private artifacts and package repositories.
As a bit of background, our primary goal in adopting Nix would be to move a
lot of bespoke app/data
On 05/08/2015 12:33, Alex Dean wrote:
Thanks Luca,
On 1 - We prefer having only the latest version when possible.. I
don't think I understand this. If I am using Packer to build an Amazon
AMI and install Kafka via Nix, then all it takes is a single commit to
Nixpkgs for me to end up with a
Thanks Luca, that's very helpful. I think I've got a better handle on the
Nix way now.
Cheers,
Alex
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Luca Bruno lethalma...@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/08/2015 12:33, Alex Dean wrote:
Thanks Luca,
On 1 - We prefer having only the latest version when possible..
Hi,
On 05/08/15 12:33, Alex Dean wrote:
On 1 - We prefer having only the latest version when possible.. I don't
think
I understand this. If I am using Packer to build an Amazon AMI and install
Kafka
via Nix, then all it takes is a single commit to Nixpkgs for me to end up
with a
Thanks Eelco,
The strategy for a private repository sounds great - I will try and get
that working with nix-serve.
On reproducible deployments using git revisions - it solves the problem,
but it feels like a very out-of-band solution. For a given piece of
software, that software's version will
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Alex Dean a...@snowplowanalytics.com
wrote:
On reproducible deployments using git revisions - it solves the problem,
but it feels like a very out-of-band solution.
You don't have to embed a git revision in your nix expressions; I don't
like that solution much
Thanks Colin - that's very helpful! Lots to go on there.
Cheers,
Alex
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Colin Putney co...@wiresong.com wrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Alex Dean a...@snowplowanalytics.com
wrote:
On reproducible deployments using git revisions - it solves the
Well, I think you just want:
1 - The Nix package manager language - it is easy;
2 - A local package expression respository with your own idiosyncrasy.
To 2, it is just to create a Git local branch with your preferred
versions of your favourite packages. To build them, maybe setting up
an Hydra
