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 ADEEBA NIZAM | Hello everyone,
My name is Adeeba Nizam, and I am a 3rd year B.Tech CSE (AI/ML) student.
I am planning to submit a GSoC'2026 proposal for the “Declarative user profile pictures” project in NixOS. I have been exploring the current implementation and working on a systemd-based approach for making user icons declarative.
I would be grateful if someone could review my proposal.
Thank you! | 07:07:04 |
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 vivekanandan_ks | Hi
I'm not against systemd, but it would be nice if we have less reliance on systemd for a static state like user profile picture.
Just my opinion
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| 28 Mar 2026 |
| ADEEBA NIZAM | In reply to @vivekanandan_ks:matrix.org
Hi
I'm not against systemd, but it would be nice if we have less reliance on systemd for a static state like user profile picture.
Just my opinion
Hi, thanks for your feedback!
I’ll explore alternatives like using activation scripts or handling it declaratively within the NixOS module itself.
Really appreciate your suggestion! | 06:53:11 |
| ADEEBA NIZAM | * Hi, thanks for your feedback!
I’ll explore alternatives like using activation scripts or handling it declaratively within the NixOS module itself.
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| Jacobus Burger | hello!
i just learned about GSoC and was hoping i could still get involved if i'm not too late to start? i'm new to Open Source and NixOS (i've used it for about a year now), i'm new to how this process works too, but i am excited to contribute to NixOS because i'm a big fan of NixOS's approach to declarative deterministic packages. i'd be very happy to contribute as part of the GSoC program while i'm in in-between my CS education.
i'd like to "Review Nixpkgs PRs" because that is the project i'm confident i can do the best at! | 06:34:12 |
| Jacobus Burger | * hello!
i just learned about GSoC and was hoping i could still get involved if i'm not too late to start? i'm new to Open Source and NixOS (i've used it for about a year now), i'm new to how this process works too, but i am excited to contribute to NixOS because i'm a big fan of NixOS's approach to declarative deterministic packages. i'd be very happy to contribute as part of the GSoC program while i'm in in-between my CS education.
i'm confident i can do the "Review Nixpkgs PRs" project the best, i have all the tools and skills for it, and i can start small and perhaps even reach a large scale for it (from what i understand it's flexable to that)!
thank you for reading this, i'd love to get started! | 06:36:01 |
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 Clumsily6239 | Hey, I spent the weekend tinkering around, and built a small working prototype for T1 (Evaluation), as I outlined in my proposal. It currently evaluates the packages, and writes it to a JSON file, so that re-evaluation is not necessary again. | 18:42:55 |
 Robert Hensing (roberth) | Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know what T1 (Evaluation) is. Do note that work done before project start will not be considered as GSoC contributions for the purposes of the GSoC evaluation. | 18:46:20 |
| Robert Hensing (roberth) | Coding begins May 25th. Before then, we have project selection in April and community bonding in May | 18:48:00 |
| Clumsily6239 | T1 refers to the Tier 1 part of my proposal, which refers evaluation of packages to find ones that have patches applied. | 18:52:55 |
| Clumsily6239 | and yes, I understand the GSoC rules. I just wanted a small working concept to see if I was going in the right direction. | 18:53:27 |
| Robert Hensing (roberth) | I get the excitement, but that's really not required (mostly addressing others in the room) | 18:56:59 |
