Morning, I'm sad to see folks declaring such a decentralized and resilient community/technology "dead", especially when my personal life has been 100% dedicated to working through this in the last few weeks. With that, I am very much on the opposite side of that spectrum. I believe that aleksana and others have put it very well.

Nix isn't dying. Dying to me has almost an exact opposite definition.

We are most definitely taking a hit, strong feelings everywhere, folks are leaving.

While that is happening. I'm seeing one of the most passionate communities and individuals in the world step up. We care. This accounts for everything that is happening, including those raising the alarms and calling out the problems that need to be prioritized and solved. While personally it's a very difficult few weeks, I'm incredibly hopeful.

Also my calendar and chats are always open and not just for feedback, but also to chat, as I can only imagine the feelings that folks might be feeling.

I have been reading the by-laws of Stichting NixOS Foundation, and although I am not a lawyer, it appears to me the board of the foundation is hermetically sealed off from outside influence: board members are self-selecting, serve for an indefinite amount of time, and answer to none but themselves.

This seems less conducive to building a healthy community than, for example, the "loi 1901" association for Guix which establishes the democratic election of board members every year, as well as mechanisms for open and collective decision making of a general agenda:

https://foundation.guix.info/statutes/statuts-201602-en.pdf

If I have misunderstood the by-laws, I welcome correction.