Closed koozz closed 1 year ago
ddobranic
commented
1 year ago @koozz, thank you very much for proposal to include this interesting tool. at this point we would not like to preinstall it on our images since we already have a few, but we will reconsider in the future.
dzmitry-lahoda
commented
1 month ago just checking, 1.5 year passed. any reconsiderations?
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dzmitry-lahoda
commented
1 month ago @koozz for you request, nix does does not work on Windows, only on *nix derived systems.
Tool name
nix
Tool license
LGPL-2.1
Add or update?
Desired version
2.13.2 (current latest)
Approximate size
No response
Brief description of tool
The Nix package manager seamlessly allows multiple versions of libraries to be used concurrently or even different versions per shell.
Packages are download into the nix-store on disk on demand and symlinked into the new shell. This will not alter the global environment and can be extremely valuable in building reproducible builds.
Using a nix-shell to build software or writing scripts with the nix-shell shebang will make it work for everyone who has Nix installed. Other ways of leveraging Nix would be to be able to instantly build projects containing a
flake.nixfile.Another option would be to support a NixOS runner image, but that would need all the tools already installed on the ubuntu-latest and other images.
URL for tool's homepage
https://nixos.org
Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.
Platforms where you need the tool
Runner images where you need the tool
Can this tool be installed during the build?
Tool installation time in runtime
In the order of minutes, have not timed a clean install (yet).
Are you willing to submit a PR?
Sure, though I would need to work my way around PowerShell I see, not my favorite shell scripting.