Session:Packaging in Nixpkgs

Description	This Workshop will walk you through the whole process of performing a package update in nixpkgs. After this workshop you should be good to go to contribute to nixpkgs yourself.
Website(s)	https://nixos.org
Type	Workshop
Kids session	No
Keyword(s)	software
Tags	nixos, nixpkgs, functional
Processing assembly	Assembly:NixOS
Person organizing	User:Mic92 Mic92
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Subtitle	from zero to upstream in 60 minutes
Starts at	2017/12/29 17:00
Ends at	2017/12/29 18:00
Duration	60 minutes
Location	Room:Hive Stage

This Workshop will walk you through the whole process of performing a package update in nixpkgs containing of the following steps:

As a contributor:

1. cloning nixpkgs
2. changing the expression
3. Testing the expression and binary
4. creating a PR

As a package maintainer and reviewer:

1. checking the package evaluation
2. checking the package build

After this workshop you should be good to go to contribute to nixpkgs yourself.