In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
I sort of imagine we want a world where it looks like stdenv.mkDerivation { mixins = [ qtMixin pythonMixin ]; … } or something

both buildRustPackage and buildPythonPackage can be replaced with stdenv.mkDerivation and adding the appropriate setup hooks to nativeBuildInputs (e.g. cargoSetupHook or pypaSetupHook). i think the qt5.callPackage stuff is in a similar state.

the Python folk seem very against the idea of replacing buildPythonPackage with mkDerivation. i think there's more appetite for that on the Rust front.

In reply to @emilazy:matrix.org
I sort of imagine we want a world where it looks like stdenv.mkDerivation { mixins = [ qtMixin pythonMixin ]; … } or something

both buildRustPackage and buildPythonPackage can be replaced with stdenv.mkDerivation and adding the appropriate setup hooks to nativeBuildInputs (e.g. cargoSetupHook or pypaBuildHook). i think the qt5.callPackage stuff is in a similar state.

the Python folk seem very against the idea of replacing buildPythonPackage with mkDerivation. i think there's more appetite for that on the Rust front.

Ping @willbush:matrix.org @philiptaron:matrix.org @dmills27:matrix.org @raf:notashelf.dev @emilazy:matrix.org in case anybody wants to join :)

In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
I'll be in my weekly office hour again today in 10 minutes: https://meet.jit.si/nixpkgs-architecture :)

In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
Philip Taron (UTC-8): I was about to hit enter haha: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-check-by-name/pull/79#issuecomment-2228713375

So @tomberek:matrix.org had pointed me here to talk about an inconsistency I noticed in how nixos handles warnings and assertions. The declaration can be found here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/modules/misc/assertions.nix

I am wondering if these can be changed to be more consistent. I had a few ideas of a new way it could be done
here is the expected usage:

logs = [
 {
  # if false the build would fail as prior
  assertion = true;
 # if false  it should show a warning as prior
  warnings = true;
  message = "";
  }
];

in the example above we merge the functionality of assertions and warnings into the data structure of which assertions or warnings must be present to be valid. in addition this could be added in a way as to not break the existing module system but nudge towards a more consistent data structure in the module system. let me know if this makes sense or not.