nixpkgs as a mono repo might've been a mistake, honestly. shithub wasn't made for monorepos. It doesn't have a permissions system for it.
So many PRs get a bunch of inane comments that have nothing to do with the functionality to please somebody's ego, the CODEOWNERS file is nearly worthless as "package maintainers" don't even have the last say on their own packages, docs are nearly the last of the priorities making it difficult for pretty much anybody but the christened cream of the crop to make changes. It almost seems like the entire thing was made for "job security" - only a few people really understand what's going on and thus make the decisions. That of course introduces a bottle-neck.
Even if more people wanted to contribute, they wouldn't be aren't able to. I think the decision makers like it that way.
The entire thing consists of 6 million objects and is 5GiB. I feel like at this point they should just split the common code into a repo and have the packages in submodule buckets grouped by name like some sort of hashmap multirepo (only half kidding).
How did you make Guix work for you?
Every time I've tried to use it, it was terrible (90 minutes for reconfigure and required internet access, just to remove GNOME).
Guix always used git. Also after some lenghty discussion, main development moved to codeberg. The "pull request" development model is now available with AGit
Weird that 996 is on the list, as the point of them using GitHub is to use it as durable forum software, not as a software project issue board like the other items on this list.
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onlinepersona@programming.dev · 51 pts · 1d
nixpkgs as a mono repo might've been a mistake, honestly. shithub wasn't made for monorepos. It doesn't have a permissions system for it.
So many PRs get a bunch of inane comments that have nothing to do with the functionality to please somebody's ego, the CODEOWNERS file is nearly worthless as "package maintainers" don't even have the last say on their own packages, docs are nearly the last of the priorities making it difficult for pretty much anybody but the christened cream of the crop to make changes. It almost seems like the entire thing was made for "job security" - only a few people really understand what's going on and thus make the decisions. That of course introduces a bottle-neck.
Even if more people wanted to contribute, they
wouldn't bearen't able to. I think the decision makers like it that way.qaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
The entire thing consists of 6 million objects and is 5GiB. I feel like at this point they should just split the common code into a repo and have the packages in submodule buckets grouped by name like some sort of hashmap multirepo (only half kidding).
db2@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1d
You underestimate the free time people who live on those forums have. They've probably got every single one memorized.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 4 pts · 1d
Probably have a list of reasons why they shouldn't be in the community either. "They said master branch is OK: drama time!"
lime@feddit.nu · 20 pts · 1d
there are so many strange issues with nix that i'm sort of regretting not going for guix as my user mode package manager.
jdr@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1d
Guix is amazing and what I use for everything, but apart from basic language issues I'm don't find it any easier than Nix.
programmerlexi@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d
How did you make Guix work for you? Every time I've tried to use it, it was terrible (90 minutes for reconfigure and required internet access, just to remove GNOME).
jdr@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1d
Make sure you have working substitute servers for each repo, nonguix is pretty handy, and LLMs can be good at finding config bugs
lime@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 1d
the big difference is i haven't heard of any security issues in it.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1d
Not enough people use it to be a target.
vividspecter@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1d
Guix is lovely but it has a lot fewer packages and a few of its own quirks too. It's still on my list to test again when I get some time, though.
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1d
Does guix even use git? Are they still on cvs and mailing lists?
hitwright@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1d
Guix always used git. Also after some lenghty discussion, main development moved to codeberg. The "pull request" development model is now available with AGit
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1d
I'm surprised they moved away from mailing lists. That took a lot of growth.
statelesz@slrpnk.net · 17 pts · 1d
Why is it not in here?
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1d
Too obscure, I imagine
douglasg14b@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
Weird that 996 is on the list, as the point of them using GitHub is to use it as durable forum software, not as a software project issue board like the other items on this list.
somegeek@programming.dev · 9 pts · 1d
Guix gang wya
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
Thank you for introducing me to suckerpinch.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1d
There should be enforced categorizing at least.