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These are great points. You might consider bringing it up with Debian developers again. Despite some of the difficulties the author mentioned in the article, D

These are great points. You might consider bringing it up with Debian developers again. Despite some of the difficulties the author mentioned in the article, Debian has successfully spearheaded some ambitious project-wide initiatives, like reproducible builds. So I don't think it's out of the question that they could vastly improve the packaging experience for both users and developers with something like Nix or Guix. Of course the biggest question is: how does one get there from here? For example-- can the Nix packaging approach coexist and play nice with the current Debian packaging system for years to come?

nextos 6y ago
> can the Nix packaging approach coexist and play nice with the current Debian packaging system for years to come? Yes, Nix or an equivalent implementation like Guix stores all packages in a separate tree (e.g. /nix). In fact, Nix can be used outside NixOS. It's in fact quite popular in some distros and macOS. Hence, rolling out Nix or an equivalent tool can be done smoothly. Both can co-exist nicely.
- jancsika 6y ago
  It really sounds quite workable as a solution, then. IIUC anyone in Debian could start work on this at any time, with really no disruption of the current system. Of course the devil is in the details-- graphics drivers, bootstrapping, etc.