Reading up on Spack
2 deep · digging since may 29
- The holy grail of nixpkgs: version ranges
Farid Zakaria demonstrates how to add version‑range support to Nixpkgs using a clingo‑based solver (grail) that queries the nixpkgs multiverse for compatible revisions.
- Package managers that package package managers
Andrew Nesbitt built a matrix showing which of 42 package managers can install each other, finding a 14-hop chain from AUR to an Elm compiler.