Home-manager: Request Backport: Flutter

[rschulman]

Issue description

I was wondering if there was any possibility to get the flutter packages currently in unstable backported into 20.03. Per the readme, I'm opening a quick issue.

Thanks!

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Technical details

 - system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 5.4.44, NixOS, 20.03.2107.70717a337f7 (Markhor)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.3.6`
 - channels(ross): `"home-manager"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[cole-h]

I think you want to file this in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs -- home-manager doesn't deal with channels (unstable and 20.03) at all, rather only configuration for some packages and services.

ETA: The home-manager README only addresses modules, not packages. This definitely belongs in Nixpkgs instead of here ;^)

[rycee]

Yep, definitely open an issue in Nixpkgs and CC the package maintainer, @babariviere.

[rschulman]

Dangit! Sorry for the noise everyone.

[rycee]

No worries. I might be worth noting that it's pretty easy to install packages from Nixpkgs unstable even if you are running a stable NixOS version. For example,

$ nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs-unstable
$ nix-channel --update
$ nix-env -f '<nixpkgs-unstable>' -iA flutter

[cole-h]

There is also this wiki article that is frequently linked on IRC (usually courtesy of the bot's ,unstable command): https://nixos.wiki/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_install_a_package_from_unstable_while_remaining_on_the_stable_channel.3F