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Nixpkgs isn’t really a distribution, but something relatively new (although a bit like FreeBSD ports and Gentoo’s portage): it’s a collection of build scripts d
by fiddlerwoaroof 3y ago
Nixpkgs isn’t really a distribution, but something relatively new (although a bit like FreeBSD ports and Gentoo’s portage): it’s a collection of build scripts designed to make it possible to build software cross-platform in a reproducible way.
- pxc 3y agoPortage and *BSD ports systems are certainly software distributions. They're just source-based distributions. Nixpkgs includes the same kind of reuse and integration and patching that you see in other kinds of software distributions, like Linux distros or Conda.
- fiddlerwoaroof 3y agoIn this context I assumed “distribution” meant “operating system distribution”
- pxc 3y agoAh! Got you.