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Is there a Nix-based company co-founded by Eelco Dolstra to which you wouldn't object?
by biggestlou 2y ago
Is there a Nix-based company co-founded by Eelco Dolstra to which you wouldn't object?
- _cenw 2y agoSure, but you seem to sidestep the primary accusation that Nix itself got neglected in favor of DetSys. Which is most certainly true for at least the installer.
- biggestlou 2y agoThe expectation seems to be that Eelco work on Nix full time for free lest he be accused of neglect. Is there a way for Eelco to make money that you would approve of?
- _cenw 2y agoI would've replied to you but HN's intransparent timeout mechanism hit me. I'd invite everyone to wonder why Lix exists (and is better enough to be used in some parts of Nix's CI now), why CppNix stable was stuck 6 versions behind on nixpkgs until half a year ago, and what kept Lix contributors from working on CppNix instead. Tip: "I want free labor from Eelco" is not the answer.
- justinrubek 2y agoNobody said this. I suggest that you not escalate the discussion in this direction. You're obviously biased given involvement with detsys, nobody expects you to think differently. This crass dismissal off the issue with a strawman isn't right.
- kokada 2y agoI don't get this argument. It is clear that if it wasn't for DetSys making a better installer, we wouldn't have one, period. And now there is some movement from NixOS to bring the new installer as a replacement of the old one: https://github.com/NixOS/experimental-nix-installer https://github.com/NixOS/experimental-nix-installer. It doesn't seem that Eelco or anyone in CppNix is actively trying to sabotage the improvement in the installer, but they simple don't care enough to improve the situation (that is fair enough, I assume most in the core team use NixOS).