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@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyfwiw Nix 2.3 is also buggy. it just has different bugs.18:20:32
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHet
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fwiw Nix 2.3 is also buggy. it just has different bugs.
It's simpler
18:20:43
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyand I suspect Nixpkgs will not support being evaluated with 2.3 for much longer18:20:45
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHet
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and I suspect Nixpkgs will not support being evaluated with 2.3 for much longer
Small features can be easily added
18:21:41
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetAnd it's so much easier to fix bugs when touching every code path doesn't break some flake-related stuff18:22:20
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetThe other option would be to take Lix's code and tear everything flake-related out of it18:27:01
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezarius
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The other option would be to take Lix's code and tear everything flake-related out of it
we push it to its own libflakes and then someday we will see how to split it up (while providing it as part of the some normal distribution of Lix obviously)
18:28:06
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetNix 2.3 has 40k sloc, while 2.26 has 89k18:44:02
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetAnd nix 2.26 has 7 times as many files as nix 2.318:45:03
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusand alas 2.3 is pretty much dead18:45:24
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@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetI would expect it to be dead, doesn't mean it's unusable18:46:00
@weethet:catgirl.cloudWeetHetAnd doesn't mean you can't use it as a starting point18:46:11
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