In reply to @lorenzleutgeb:matrix.org
Janik (they/them) Yeah, there's a balance to strike. I wouldn't object if priority is given to people that are less connected within or even completely new to the Nix community, as long as they appear to be reasonably competent to (learn and) complete the project. The justification being to use GSoC to attract new people or pull them further into the community. However, as long as I am eligible, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't apply as a Contributor (and conveniently shift the responsibility of striking the balance away from me). Exactly that's why I wrote that I am "considering" to apply 😊

However, as long as I am eligible, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't apply as a Contributor

I guess there is technically nothing stopping you but in the case of gsoc I personally would disagree with you being eligible.
The gsoc homepage says as their first sentence (about becoming a contributor):

Are you new to open source and want to learn more about some interesting projects that you can contribute to?

And I think we can agree that you aren't new to open source, heck you appear to have a lot more experience in open source then me.

In reply to @janik0:matrix.org
https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0092-plan-dynamism.md here is the rfc link, enjoy the read ^^

In reply to @k3ys:matrix.org
Hey, I'm Rishi Kumar, an undergrad from India and a big fan of the Nix package management system. I see a lot of potential in nix-shell, and it's something I love to use in my day-to-day life. As I'm aware, nix-shell currently doesn't support defining services like postgres inside a shell.nix file, which is one of its limitations. I use the devenv project as a workaround, which is great, but it would be even better to have this integration natively inside nix-shell. Can this be a valid project for GSoC'24 and would someone willing to mentor this idea? If yes, I would love to work on this : )

In reply to @k3ys:matrix.org
Hey, I'm Rishi Kumar, an undergrad from India and a big fan of the Nix package management system. I see a lot of potential in nix-shell, and it's something I love to use in my day-to-day life. As I'm aware, nix-shell currently doesn't support defining services like postgres inside a shell.nix file, which is one of its limitations. I use the devenv project as a workaround, which is great, but it would be even better to have this integration natively inside nix-shell. Can this be a valid project for GSoC'24 and would someone willing to mentor this idea? If yes, I would love to work on this : )

In reply to @k3ys:matrix.org
Hey, I'm Rishi Kumar, an undergrad from India and a big fan of the Nix package management system. I see a lot of potential in nix-shell, and it's something I love to use in my day-to-day life. As I'm aware, nix-shell currently doesn't support defining services like postgres inside a shell.nix file, which is one of its limitations. I use the devenv project as a workaround, which is great, but it would be even better to have this integration natively inside nix-shell. Can this be a valid project for GSoC'24 and would someone willing to mentor this idea? If yes, I would love to work on this : )

In reply to @thefossguy:matrix.org
You can create your own module called mkService, which would then need to be either portable across Linux and Darwin or only work with a specified platform. There, you can pretty much just copy paste the home-manager and nix-darwin modules for systemd and launchd respectively and activate/restart them when direnv reloads packages.

In reply to @janik0:matrix.org
You can try messaging domen kozar who said he would be open to mentor (and is the creator of devenv afaik) but didn't submit a idea yet. As far as I know we are fine with letting people contribute to nix-community projects via the nixos gsoc, after all it helps improve the ecosystem in general.

In reply to @k3ys:matrix.org
Can you provide me with an example on how this works? Currently my nix configuration for postgres is similar to this. I do devenv up to run the service and then I open another terminal and enter the development shell to do my development task.

In reply to @k3ys:matrix.org
@/Janik can you tell me what is the matrix username of Domen Kožar, he is not on nix matrix space.

In reply to @thefossguy:matrix.org
If that's the case, why not use direnv in tangent?
https://devenv.sh/automatic-shell-activation/

Hey! 👋
I'm Diogo from Portugal and I'm currently in my master's, studying Cybersecurity at KTH, Sweden.
I have been using NixOS for about 1-2 years now, and I absolutely love it! I've made my first PR to nixpkgs a few months ago, so I already have my foot through the door.
Although I have quite an involvement in open source, most of my contributions are to my own projects (and/or of friends I know personally).

I'm personally interested in the nixpkgs library networking functions, since I have personally experienced frustration by the lack of a "clean" way to configure network-related options and programs while using NixOS. One of my active personal projects is having my router at home running NixOS :)
I don't have any other proposals yet, but I'll give it a thought and see if I can come up with something else.

I'm considering applying as a contributor when the applications open :)

Website: https://diogotc.com
GitHub: @diogotcorreia