Devenv installing older package version of Gitea

[bachirelkhoury]

Describe the bug
devenv search gitea is showing gitea version 1.22.0
However when starting the shell with pkgs.gitea version 1.21.10 is getting installed instead.

To reproduce

Init the dev environment:

$ mkdir test-devenv && cd $_
$ devenv init

$ devenv search gitea

# Output
| pkgs.gitea | 1.22.0  | Git with a cup of tea  |

Add pkgs.gitea to devenv.nix

{ pkgs, lib, config, inputs, ... }:

{
  # https://devenv.sh/basics/
  env.GREET = "devenv";

  # https://devenv.sh/packages/
  packages = [ pkgs.git pkgs.gitea ];

  # https://devenv.sh/scripts/
  scripts.hello.exec = "echo hello from $GREET";

  enterShell = ''
    hello
    git --version
  '';

  # https://devenv.sh/tests/
  enterTest = ''
    echo "Running tests"
    git --version | grep "2.42.0"
  '';
}

$ devenv shell
$ gitea --version
# Output
Gitea version 1.21.10 built with go1.22.1

Version
I tried on both macOS and Ubuntu same issue:

devenv 1.0.7 (aarch64-darwin)
devenv 1.0.7 (x86_64-linux)

[k3yss]

This is because of the devenv-nixpkgs that we provide, which seems to be slowing becoming outdated. You can try switching to unstable channel to get the latest version.

[bachirelkhoury]

Great thanks that worked... at the end we ended up switching to Forgejo.

[MalteMagnussen]

This is because of the devenv-nixpkgs that we provide, which seems to be slowing becoming outdated. You can try switching to unstable channel to get the latest version.

@k3yss - What does that mean, and how do I switch?

---

I figured it out:

devenv.yaml

inputs:
  nixpkgs-python:
    url: github:cachix/nixpkgs-python
    inputs:
      nixpkgs:
        follows: nixpkgs
  nixpkgs:
    url: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable  # Update this line

@bachirelkhoury - Next time, please don't just say "Thanks that worked" without any hint of how to do it lol

[k3yss]

@MalteMagnussen I made a pr to include it in the documentation #1411

[MalteMagnussen]

@k3yss thanks man

switching fixed a lot of issues with outdated versions for us