Open edrex opened 1 year ago
Reasons not to / difficulties?
this repo contains unreleased versions of packages instead of releases
ohhhh that makes sense.
Does it seem worthwhile to y'all to brainstorm ways to streamline getting released versions of packages here into nixpkgs?
Once the initial PR for a package is in, nixpkgs' update checker will handle updates.
How about just stating a policy that once a package here sees a release, a PR should be submitted to nixpkgs? (presumably by whoever touched it last)
Does it seem worthwhile to y'all to brainstorm ways to streamline getting released versions of packages here into nixpkgs?
nixpkgs has their own auto-update bots and tools (see passthru.updateScript
)
Once the initial PR for a package is in
it's better to get the package in nixpkgs first and then add a override here (create a issue or a pr here linking to the nixpkgs pr) the process could be added to the readme
How about just stating a policy that once a package here sees a release, a PR should be submitted to nixpkgs? (presumably by whoever touched it last)
already done by nixpkgs update bots
nixpkgs has their own auto-update bots and tools (see passthru.updateScript)
Ya.. I finally learned that in a way that I'm unlikely to unforget a few days ago. https://github.com/artempyanykh/marksman/issues/118#issuecomment-1339734583
it's better to get the package in nixpkgs first and then add a override here (create a issue or a pr here linking to the nixpkgs pr)
This makes total sense, yes.
the process could be added to the readme
:+1: Also I think something could be done to make this project's raison d'etre clearer to skimmers like myself. I'm pretty ok at docs and would like to take a look.
drat! I tried! https://github.com/nix-community/nixpkgs-wayland/commit/30ca5a097a9f78005b303f2e723d6d986b554686
open to suggestions!
On the surface of it, seems like a GH action could automate submitting a nixpkgs PR for each new/updated package.
As a packager, this would remove any reluctance about submitting here VS directly to nixpkgs since I would get a nixpkgs PR for free.
Reasons not to / difficulties?