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> Node packages work much better Are you sure about that? I haven't seen a node app built from source on nixpkgs yet. That includes Electron apps like Signal D

by awegio 3y ago

> Node packages work much better Are you sure about that? I haven't seen a node app built from source on nixpkgs yet. That includes Electron apps like Signal Desktop, which is a bit disappointing. There is this article about trying to package jQuery on Guix: http://dustycloud.org/blog/javascript-packaging-dystopia/ http://dustycloud.org/blog/javascript-packaging-dystopia/

otabdeveloper4 3y ago
Yes, buildNpmPackage works great.
- rekado 3y ago
  Guix has several different npm importers (none of them merged), but it's debatable whether it is desirable to build npm packages from source when it either creates thousands of barely useful packages.
misterio7 3y ago
Grep nixpkgs for `buildNpmPackage`, it's ridiculously easy to package a node app nowadays.