Bug#877019: ITP: nix -- Purely functional package manager
Raju Devidas <rajudev@disroot.org> writes:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:05:06 +0000 Kai Harries <kai.harries@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Kai Harries <kai.harries@gmail.com>
>>
>> * Package name : nix
>> Version : 1.1.15
>> Upstream Author : Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
>> * URL : https://nixos.org/nix/
>> * License : LGPL v2.1
>> Programming Lang: C++, Shell, C, Perl
>> Description : Purely functional package manager
>>
>> A powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that
>> makes package management reliable and reproducible. Nix provides
>> atomic upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple
>> versions of a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of
>> build environments.
>>
>> I personally use it to install software that is not part of Debian or
>> software that I need in a newer version.
>>
>> My packaging efforts can be found here [1].
>>
>> I am looking for a sponsor.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian/releases
>>
> Have you made any progress on this?
> I discovered the package manager today and I think it would be great to
> have it in Debian.
Regarding getting nix included into Debian, no. First this [1] must be
solved. But the packaging itself should work, you can build a Debian
package yourself by cloning the repository [2] and following the
instructions in the README.
[1] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian/issues/2
[2] https://github.com/KaiHa/nix-debian
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