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This package explicitly depends on `python2` which will be EOLed at the end of the year[1]. This package provides python bindings for `python2`, however the latest release (also used by other distros) is from 2011[2] and doesn't support v3. For instance, debian ships `vde2` without `python2` support since Debian Jessie[3]. KVM and QEMU appear to build fine, also NixOS tests and ISO builds are still functional. By running `nix-review` against this change, only `xen` packages failed, but those were already broken on master[4]. Finally it's also worth mentioning that the closure size of `vde2` drops from 99.5M to 33.5M without `python2` according to `nix path-info -S -h`. [1] https://pythonclock.org/ [2] https://github.com/virtualsquare/vde-2/releases/tag/vde-2 (vde.sourceforge.net redirects to this github page) [3] https://packages.debian.org/en/jessie/vde2 [4] https://hydra.nixos.org/build/99185451, https://hydra.nixos.org/build/99187262
Nixpkgs is a collection of packages for the Nix package manager. It is periodically built and tested by the Hydra build daemon as so-called channels. To get channel information via git, add nixpkgs-channels as a remote:
% git remote add channels https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels.git
For stability and maximum binary package support, it is recommended to maintain
custom changes on top of one of the channels, e.g. nixos-19.03 for the latest
release and nixos-unstable for the latest successful build of master:
% git remote update channels
% git rebase channels/nixos-19.03
For pull requests, please rebase onto nixpkgs master.
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