[Nix-dev] Generating nix expression vs. ad-hoc generation of derivations (was: Re: [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nixpkgs] c6a2a1: ffmpeg: Update to latest version 0.11.1.)

2012-07-24 Thread Florian Friesdorf
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:40:27 +0200, Vladimír Čunát vcu...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 July 2012 19:20, Florian Friesdorf f...@chaoflow.net wrote: I understand the wish for having it in one expression and keep duplication low. But I think the expressions should be as simple as possible and, as

Re: [Nix-dev] Generating nix expression vs. ad-hoc generation of derivations (was: Re: [Nix-commits] [NixOS/nixpkgs] c6a2a1: ffmpeg: Update to latest version 0.11.1.)

2012-07-24 Thread Vladimír Čunát
Just a line of warning, I'm a great dreamer... that's probably related to why I do *theoretical* computer science :-) On 24 July 2012 20:10, Florian Friesdorf f...@chaoflow.net wrote: If I understand correctly you want / are doing something like this: There is a nix expression that when called