emily@yuyuko ~/D/nixpkgs ((8e484a4c))> ls pkgs/*/*/default.nix | wc -l
     965
emily@yuyuko ~/D/nixpkgs ((8e484a4c))> for file in pkgs/*/*/default.nix; test (count (dirname $file)/*) = 1 && echo x; end | wc -l
     660

In reply to @philiptaron:matrix.org

When I run maintainers/scripts/check-by-name.sh master locally in my nixpkgs repository, without any changes, I get this error:

I/O error:  Failed to get the definition info for attribute acl: In /tmp/tmp.bQmCobXFGj/merged/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix, attribute parent node is not an attribute path node: NODE_INHERIT@28432..28603

Does anyone else reproduce this? It appears to be about this line in pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix:

inherit (prevStage)
          gzip bzip2 xz bash coreutils diffutils findutils gawk
          gnused gnutar gnugrep gnupatch patchelf
          attr acl zlib libunistring;

In reply to@emilazy:matrix.org
(I would certainly be happy to see those go, as they obviously don't compose)

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 :)