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If it's in Nixpkgs and it builds, then you skip the building step entirely and fetch from cache.
> Do you need to edit the “recipes” a lot or do they generally Just Work?
They generally just work.[0] If you do need to edit the package expressions it's usually to switch versions or to a fork, IME.
[0] https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-21.11-darwin
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If it's in Nixpkgs and it builds, then you skip the building step entirely and fetch from cache.
> Do you need to edit the “recipes” a lot or do they generally Just Work?
They generally just work.[0] If you do need to edit the package expressions it's usually to switch versions or to a fork, IME.
[0] https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-21.11-darwin