4 ms·
Nixery is a cool idea. The use case for something like Nixery is a more narrow "I want an image with these packages installed". Whereas, with Dockerfiles you've
by rgoulter 5y ago
Nixery is a cool idea. The use case for something like Nixery is a more narrow "I want an image with these packages installed". Whereas, with Dockerfiles you've got more flexibility in the image you build.
- ghuntley 5y agoHmm not really. That's the toy use case. Nixery builds your expression and gives you a docker container. By default you can specify like "git and tmux" as they are the example toy expressions HOWEVER it becomes a different beast when you use it in monorepo situation see https://GitHub.com/ghuntley/ghuntley https://GitHub.com/ghuntley/ghuntley and https://code.tvl.fyi/ https://code.tvl.fyi/
- rgoulter 5y agoMy understanding is that's still "use Nixery to build docker image with packages installed", but it's a different set of packages being served. What use cases / dynamics arise from doing that? & what's the value-add from doing that with Nixery compared to just otherwise building docker images with dockerTools in Nixpkgs?