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31 Mar 2025
@emilazy:matrix.orgemily there's a reason we ended up on 2.18 for so long and rushing while waving away concerns isn't going to fix it :( if we want to keep the versions synced then there needs to be work to rebuild the trust that concerns will be taken seriously and regressions handled. those concerns right now include timing relative to the freeze, breaking patches/flag overrides with zero deprecation period for one of the most critical packages,the packaging rewrite being understood by maybe 3 people in the world, and the fact that all this is being declared by fiat with no prior clarity 20:50:33
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusthe problem is not the bug the problem is that output path calculation changes are very visible especially if they do change a lot of paths20:50:46
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonlibfetchers is full of crap that roberth and I have yet to wade through 🤷20:50:50
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonin all forks20:50:53
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusnot arguing about the bug qualification20:51:00
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonyou won't find me disagreeing about that!20:51:03
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilythree days ago a member of the Nix team said he couldn't understand the packaging. ten hours ago another member announced in the release thread that the plan was to ship 2.24 by default before editing it20:51:14
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusarguing about our responsibility to ensure that we don't unnecessarily cache bust and that we discuss potential cache busts before sending them in releases20:51:23
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusno matter if they are bugs or unsound20:51:35
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilymaybe all those concerns were resolved within the past few days? but even if so it would be premature to launch into a bump given that20:51:39
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn EricsonI dunno what that editted thing was about because I woke up around 11 pm EDT20:51:43
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericson raitobezarius: I am not even arguing with you 20:52:01
@emilazy:matrix.orgemilyhow can Nixpkgs and Nix communicate if y'all aren't even on the same page about packaging and defaults?20:52:04
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonstop being slimy20:52:05
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonlix has a fix, it ilooks good20:52:14
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonwe're happy to take it20:52:18
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonthe end20:52:19
@Ericson2314:matrix.orgJohn Ericsonif there is a bug in the multitide of ways (too many!) fetchers can cash or not cash20:52:37

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