21:49 <zeta_0> hello is anyone here? i need some help a nixos emacs-overlay issue.

21:57 <NobbZ[m]> I'm here but not sure how long

22:01 <zeta_0> NobbZ[m]: hello there, i was able to install emacs using the nixos emacs-overly, but it installed the latest emacs28 unstable version, but i need emacs27 stable version, is there a simple and easy way to do this, or do i just need to find the correct rev and sha in the commits?

22:02 <zeta_0> adisbladis: if your not too busy, could you help me out as well, with this issue?

22:02 <NobbZ[m]> Afaik 27 is not available anymore in the overlay, now as it is in unstable-channel

22:04 <adisbladis> It is available in the overlay

22:04 <adisbladis> Under the emacsUnstable attribute

22:04 <adisbladis> emacsUnstable just tracks whatever the latest release is regardless of it being a pre-release or not

22:05 <adisbladis> And currently there isn't any active pre-relase

22:07 <zeta_0> adisbladis: ok, so all i need to do is replace `pkgs.emacsGit` with `pkgs.emacsUnstable` in the nix script?

22:07 <zeta_0> https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay#extra-library-functionality

22:07 <adisbladis> Yep

22:11 <zeta_0> adisbladis: sounds good, i'm deciding on whether to use the emacs-overly or to switch my currently stable pkgs emacs to the unstable channel instead, are there any majors differences between the 2 options?

22:11 <zeta_0> note: i'm using home-manager.

22:12 <adisbladis> At the moment, no

22:13 <adisbladis> But when upstream decides it's time for a pre-release emacsUnstable will get upgraded to that automatically

22:14 <NobbZ[m]> xelpa is synced much more often in the overlay.

22:15 <NobbZ[m]> Remember that you can combine both approaches

22:17 <zeta_0> adisbladis NobbZ[m]: ok, thank you for clarifying this, i think that i can go from here.

22:17 <adisbladis> np :)

22:17 <zeta_0> adisbladis++ NobbZ[m]++

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