group the release info

this makes the codename globally accessible in the repo. The release is not only for NixOS anymore.
2018-11-15 21:56:17 +01:00
parent f482ff9deb
commit 2a838cb6d7
2 changed files with 8 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ rec {
  /* Returns the current nixpkgs release number as string. */
  release = lib.strings.fileContents ../.version;

+  /* Returns the current nixpkgs release code name.
+
+     On each release the first letter is bumped and a new animal is chosen
+     starting with that new letter.
+  */
+  codeName = "Koi";
+
  /* Returns the current nixpkgs version suffix as string. */
  versionSuffix =
    let suffixFile = ../.version-suffix;