Hello, I was wondering what version (23.05, 22.11, unstable, etc) of nixpkgs you use. I personally use unstable, and it’s never broken.

Edit: I also have a master input in my flake, which I added just for XIVLauncher (context: someone made a PR to fix it not building, and it got merged into master, but last time I checked it wasn’t backported to unstable)

  • kotatsuyaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I used to follow the latest stable channel. After embracing flakes (which made version pinning easy and integrated), I’ve moved to just pinning unstable for the fresh packages. I update the flake about once a month, when I have spare time to deal with potential breakages in case there’s any.

    • ultraOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I update my flake inputs almost every time I use my PC (sometimes multiple times a day), and the only thing that breaks (rarely) is sddm, which is fixed by rebuilding again from TTY.

      • kotatsuyaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Interesting. How often does it trigger mass re-download from the binary cache? I’m on a not-so-fast home internet connection, so if mass rebuilds occur too often, I would spend a lot of time waiting for the downloads.