Steampipe in NixOS/nixpkgs

[hardselius]

Hey,

I just wanted to let everybody know that I contributed a steampipe derivation to nixpkgs. At the time of writing it's available in unstable.

Maybe add installation instructions for Nix?

PR: NixOS/nixpkgs#141351
Nixpkgs: https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=steampipe&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=steampipe

[e-gineer]

Thanks @hardselius - so great to see this and make steampipe easier for Nix users!

Q - how do version updates (e.g. v0.9.0 released this week) get maintained there? Is it automatic, or a (small) ongoing task?

[hardselius]

It's a small ongoing task. I've added myself as a maintainer of that package and so I'll try to keep it updated.

[hardselius]

I have a PR for 0.9.0: NixOS/nixpkgs#142784

[e-gineer]

Great stuff - thanks! Please let us know if there is anything we can do from our side to help make it easier to maintain!

[hardselius]

Awesome! I subscribed to steampipe releases so I should get updates. Anyone's free to make a PR to bump the version if I'm slow. I guess I would be most interested in any changes to how you build or generate completions as that would possibly require more changes to the derivation than bumping the version and changing the hashes.