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I find it pretty stunning that Nix has decided to drop support for OS X over ideological reasons like this. There are workarounds, but the reality is that they'

I find it pretty stunning that Nix has decided to drop support for OS X over ideological reasons like this. There are workarounds, but the reality is that they're upset at apple's decision so they just dropped support. We're not close to a year in to this these issue threads. Any software which would be so anti-user does not deserve to be used. Nix might be magical but that sucks.

comex 7y ago
> I find it pretty stunning that Nix has decided to drop support for OS X over ideological reasons like this. What are you talking about? There’s no such decision. The first comment mentions it as a possibility, but the rest of the (very long) thread is exploring different ways to solve the issue.
user555555555 7y ago
Can you provide a link to where it says they have actually droped support. In that link they describe how to make a firmlink, its seems like they have a way to just keep doing their thing as before (edit, reworded)
- whateveracct 7y ago
  It's FUD
tottenhm 7y ago
This comment confuses me. It makes it sound like some authoritative figure came in and said, "Nix shall not support OS X because Apple is evil." But to my eye, this is not at all borne out by the thread. There's one or two early comments which float the idea that Apple/Catalina's problematic technical change "may force us to drop support for macOS...". That prompted lots of -1's, and then there's a gigantic thread where people are trying to figure out how to adapt, and that's an on-going/non-trivial process. Did I miss something? Is there actually a policy decision buried mid-thread that's hard to see? In your comment, I pick up some fear/vulnerability. There's no reassuring voice to say, "macOS Catalina support will be fixed yesterday!" I share that sense of fear/vulnerability, but I think it's a natural trade-off when you sign up for free/open/transparent/community-driven software. For better and worse, you get to watch how the sausage is made in real-time.
whateveracct 7y ago
People will support OSX..too many companies use Nix and develop with Macs otherwise. I guarantee it'll get working.
lilyball 7y ago
Nix has not dropped support for macOS.

comex 7y ago

> I find it pretty stunning that Nix has decided to drop support for OS X over ideological reasons like this. What are you talking about? There’s no such decision. The first comment mentions it as a possibility, but the rest of the (very long) thread is exploring different ways to solve the issue.

user555555555 7y ago

Can you provide a link to where it says they have actually droped support. In that link they describe how to make a firmlink, its seems like they have a way to just keep doing their thing as before (edit, reworded)

whateveracct 7y ago
It's FUD

tottenhm 7y ago

This comment confuses me. It makes it sound like some authoritative figure came in and said, "Nix shall not support OS X because Apple is evil." But to my eye, this is not at all borne out by the thread. There's one or two early comments which float the idea that Apple/Catalina's problematic technical change "may force us to drop support for macOS...". That prompted lots of -1's, and then there's a gigantic thread where people are trying to figure out how to adapt, and that's an on-going/non-trivial process. Did I miss something? Is there actually a policy decision buried mid-thread that's hard to see? In your comment, I pick up some fear/vulnerability. There's no reassuring voice to say, "macOS Catalina support will be fixed yesterday!" I share that sense of fear/vulnerability, but I think it's a natural trade-off when you sign up for free/open/transparent/community-driven software. For better and worse, you get to watch how the sausage is made in real-time.

whateveracct 7y ago

People will support OSX..too many companies use Nix and develop with Macs otherwise. I guarantee it'll get working.

lilyball 7y ago

Nix has not dropped support for macOS.