Jake HamiltonApr 29, 2024

UPDATE: We now have a forum

https://forum.aux.computer/

I like #Nix, I do not like what has happened to it. #NixOS is an incredible technology and it deserves better. Nobody else has started the process so I guess I have to be the one to do it. We are forking. I would rather try and fail alongside all the people who love Nix but were pushed away from the project than give up.

https://aux.computer/

Aux

Forum for the Aux ecosystem.

Aux
Show threadSofie 🏳️‍🌈Apr 29, 2024

@jakehamilton Im personally watching for the board's response. They might have something brewing coming.

Also if we are hard forking. I would love to see it GPL'd.

Show threadSofie 🏳️‍🌈
@jakehamilton Another huge thing would be tiering the core and "extras" packages. Currently there is no great way to distinguish between core packages and loose fun packages inside nixpkgs. It would be nice to have it a bit more seperated and give a lot more focus to a good core.
Apr 29, 2024 at 4:23pmWeb
Show threadSandro  Apr 29, 2024
@soupglasses @jakehamilton Well, technically there is already a loose grouping. Everything going into the stdenv is absolute core and anything requiring to go to staging could also be classified important. All packages that are just one rebuild, are leaf packages and sometimes can be considered for fun.
Show threadSofie 🏳️‍🌈Apr 29, 2024

@sandro @jakehamilton I am thinking of properly formalizing things like GNOME as first-party support and such. Where only properly active and maintained packages go.

It could just be in the same repo.