[Bug 827289] New: Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827289

Bug ID: 827289
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
          Severity: medium
           Version: rawhide
          Priority: medium
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          Assignee: [e-mail]
           Summary: Review Request: nix - A purely functional package
                    manager
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    Classification: Fedora
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: [e-mail]
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          Hardware: All
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            Status: NEW
         Component: Package Review
           Product: Fedora

Spec URL: http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/devtools/nix.spec
SRPM URL: http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/devtools/nix-1.0-1.fc17.src.rpm
Description:
Nix is a purely functional package manager. It allows multiple
versions of a package to be installed side-by-side, ensures that
dependency specifications are complete, supports atomic upgrades and
rollbacks, allows non-root users to install software, and has many
other features. It is the basis of the NixOS Linux distribution, but
it can be used equally well under other Unix systems.

Fedora Account System Username: salimma

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

[Red Hat Bugzilla]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827289

--- Comment #1 from Michel Alexandre Salim  ---
Note:
- the Emacs-related patch has not been submitted upstream (unlike the other,
Fedora-related commits in patch0) - will ask upstream to pull them after the
review process is OKed, as Fedora reviewers are likely more familiar with our
Emacs packaging guidelines

- This uses a top-level directory (/nix). It's not strictly speaking necessary,
but without that one can not use any pre-built Nix binary packages, which all
install to /nix/store -- and thus severely reduce the usefulness of nix (think
of macports and fink and the dearth of binary packages there)

- to try using this, after installation try doing the following:

$ nix-channel --add
http://nixos.org/releases/nixpkgs/channels/nixpkgs-unstable/
  (as root)
  # nix-channel --update
  (as any user. might need to start a new login shell first, or source
   /etc/profile.d/nix.sh first)
  $ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.bsdgames
  or the smallest possible package:
  $ nix-env -iA nixpkgs.hello

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827289

Kushal Das  changed:

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[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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--- Comment #2 from Michel Alexandre Salim  ---
@Kushal - please hold the review until the Packaging Committee vote this
Wednesday; the /nix directory use is likely a problem:

https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/180

Might have to get the package into RPM Fusion instead (are you a contributor
there?)

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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--- Comment #3 from Jens Petersen  ---
Any news?

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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--- Comment #4 from Jens Petersen  ---
codeblock has a copr repo now:

http://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/codeblock/nix/

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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--- Comment #5 from Jens Petersen  ---
(In reply to Jens Petersen from comment #3)
> Any news?

NM - I see FPC rejected /nix.

Perhaps it would be better to close this?

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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--- Comment #6 from Jens Petersen  ---
(Latest upstream is now 1.7.)

[Bug 827289] Review Request: nix - A purely functional package manager

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Christopher Meng  changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Christopher Meng  ---
This is Fedora, not NixOS... Of course I think FESCo can't agree with this.

Any other solutions?

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--- Comment #8 from Jens Petersen  ---
Would it not be possible to use some other dir?

Anyway I just made today:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/petersen/nix/