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Glad to see many mentions of Nix in this thread! I wonder if Nix and Guix should standardize the derivation format both share to kick that off as the agreed-up
by Ericson2314 6y ago
Glad to see many mentions of Nix in this thread!
I wonder if Nix and Guix should standardize the derivation format both share to kick that off as the agreed-upon "thin waste" other projects and the the academy can standardize around.
- rekado 6y agoThe derivation format is little more than a compilation artifact (a low-level representation of a build), and I think standardizing on it would not be as useful as it may seem.
- Ericson2314 6y agoExactly, it's mostly boring, just like IP packets in isolation are boring. Great thing to standardize. Also, we're working on making them a bit less boring :). I've been working on adding hashing schemes compatible with IPFS's IPLD. Also, we can make derivations that produce derivations, making a sort of recursive Nix that encourages more up-front planning than crude "nix-build inside derivations. I hope Guix would want some of this stuff too.