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> The project could have pinned the version and downloaded from pypi rather than repackaging. It couldn't, since Nix is a package manager and will only downloa
by StavrosK 5y ago
> The project could have pinned the version and downloaded from pypi rather than repackaging.
It couldn't, since Nix is a package manager and will only download things from its repository. It can't access the internet otherwise.
- SuperSandro2000 5y agoThat is not quite right. NixOS can download files from the internet during build time for example to get the source code and you can even disable downloading things form the cache. It would be technically possible to download files at runtime but that does not align well with the reproducible goal and would also require some hacky patching.