Re: Adoption of Nix?
Sorry, I forgot about the debian-devel for the second time. :(
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From: Artyom Shalkhakov <artyom.shalkhakov@gmail.com>
Date: 2008/12/24
Subject: Re: Adoption of Nix?
To: Всеволод Величко <torkvemada@nigma.ru>
Hi Vsevolod,
2008/12/24 Всеволод Величко <torkvemada@nigma.ru>:
> Well, as I see, it uses it's own package format, which is
> wrapper-description around everything - source, deb or rpm. Does it
> really have any sense?
"Every problem in computer science can be solved by adding
a layer of indirection", as the saying goes.
> We have our deb and src packages, do we really need any
> wrappers, that make us possible to install rpms? For what
> purposes?
> Surely, dpkg always allows you to rollback any installed
> packages. You just sometimes have to rollback half of all your
> packages - in accordance with dependencies.
> I've just looked to the structure of that package format - it also
> requires to write dependencies - so what in it deals with 'em better?
> I really don't understand.
The difference is *purity*, which means that Nix expressions
are *deterministic*. And that's what really makes them better.
> Can it work with sections like "Recommends" or "Suggests"?
I don't know this yet, but I think it's nearly trivial to add.
> And, of course, for the 2-3 versions of each package will make debian
> security team curse you for ages. Consider it :)
Thanks for the advice, point taken. :)
Cheers,
Artyom Shalkhakov.
PS do you work for Nigma, an "intelligent search engine"?
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