Re:Making a PR to Nixpkgs
by jrmurray on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @07:26AM
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Yea I will agree it's daunting. I've been using nix os for 2 years and this was my first time making a pr back.
I think using nix for personal projects helps build your mental model a lot more. Once you take the time to build a package manually alot of it clicks.
As a user of nixos/nix if you're not building packages it's great. Nixos is quite declarative for most settings. The main issue is just figuring out what options exist...
I think using nix for personal projects helps build your mental model a lot more. Once you take the time to build a package manually alot of it clicks.
As a user of nixos/nix if you're not building packages it's great. Nixos is quite declarative for most settings. The main issue is just figuring out what options exist...