nixpkgs-package-version-log

map package versions to nixpkgs revisions

alternative implementation of lazamar/nix-package-versions

upstream issue: Use git log instead of downloading xy tar archives

status

early draft

goals

reduce network traffic

dont fetch full tarball of every nixpkgs revision

use a deep clone of the nixpkgs repo

reduce cpu time

avoid nix eval via nix-env -q

parse package updates from output of git log and git diff

produce static html files

static files can be hosted on github pages

use package attribute as path, for example python3Packages/requests.html