On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bernardo Barros <bernardobarros2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Perhaps the developers want to take a look at this distribution.It is > reported that is written in a `purely functional package management' > and tries to be a highly safe OS, where `upgrading a system is as > reliable as reinstalling from scratch'. > > http://nixos.org/nixos/ > > > Because the files of a new configuration don’t overwrite old ones, you > > can (atomically) roll back to a previous configuration. For instance, > > if after a nixos-rebuild switch you discover that you don’t like the > > new configuration, you can just go back > > It can be an inspiration for a new version of pacman rewritten in > haskell? Also Don Stewart's talk about 'Scripting with Types' might > inspire someone too (BTW since he started arch-haskell I think he is a > Arch user): > > http://donsbot.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/semicolon.pdf > Here's my 2 cents. If you want nixos, just use nixos. -- "Breathe Deeply and Dream"
