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Finding a way to install a specific version - not git commit or git tag, version - of a package is the problem. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/93327 h
by thomastjeffery 4y ago
Finding a way to install a specific version - not git commit or git tag, version - of a package is the problem.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/93327 https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/93327
Nix before flakes used channels, each with a flat global namespace. Flakes are intended to sit inside the git repo, so that's even less discoverable.
Nix solves practically every technical problem, but has terrible UX and documentation.