Deprecate nixos options related to packaging #223
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We have a few nixos options that are mirrors of arguments to `stdenv.mkDerivation` (e.g. `patches`, `postPatch`). Let's encourage users to use the overlay system in order customize packaging.
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Instead of simply removing these options, I think we should throw a warning when they are used, but remove them entirely at some later date. Optimally, we would also have documented an example of a way to do what one of these options did, but using an overlay. |
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We have a few nixos options that are mirrors of arguments to
stdenv.mkDerivation(e.g.patches,postPatch). Let's encourage users to use the overlay system in order customize packaging.Testing