| 17 May 2026 |
 Lorenz | * Could someone merge: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/500985 ? It already has approvals
Thanks Lassulus | 10:29:29 |
 das-g | We have a bunch of approved PRs in https://pad.lassul.us/ZurichZHF_26.05?both#Pull-Request-Queue now. | 10:31:13 |
 delafthi | could someone have a look at this?
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/521196
| 11:28:20 |
 chemonke | can anyone review these python PRs with me?
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/521225
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/520976
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/521063 | 14:59:57 |
 mfrischknecht | emily: infinisil and I figured out our mystery variable.
This is the culprit: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/d24b8f40e1b22fbb612caae9d647bff9f341b22e/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/default.nix#L205
Documentation: https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.27/language/advanced-attributes.html#adv-attr-passAsFile
A list of names of attributes that should be passed via files rather than environment variables.
[...] That is, for any attribute x listed in passAsFile, Nix will pass an environment variable xPath holding the path of the file containing the value of attribute x. This is useful when you need to pass large strings to a builder, since most operating systems impose a limit on the size of the environment (typically, a few hundred kilobyte).
| 15:12:27 |
 john-rodewald | Can someone open the door? | 17:34:42 |
 Gerd Flaig | https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/521318
Fixed the title after the linter complained, how can I re-run the linter check? | 17:53:41 |
| das-g | Where was the flipchart-turned-whiteboard from that we set up in the entrance hall of building 4? | 18:07:47 |
| das-g | 
Download 20260517_200802_1014586788823917163.jpg | 18:08:26 |
 infinisil | "Must've been like upstairs" - ners in the train right now :) | 18:12:56 |
| infinisil | It's the commit subject that needs updating, not the Pr title | 18:13:59 |
| Gerd Flaig | Amending the commit somehow ended up closing the PR with no way to re-open. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/521383 is the new one. | 21:47:58 |
| 18 May 2026 |
 fricklerhandwerk | Thank you everyone for the great event, once again! I enjoyed it a lot and was super happy to see so many familiar and especially new faces. Hope the travelers all had a good trip home. See you soon-ish at NixCon? | 07:31:52 |
| 19 May 2026 |
|  @dhackbarth:trufflepig-forensics.com removed their profile picture. | 18:29:20 |
| @dhackbarth:trufflepig-forensics.com removed their display name Daniel Hackbarth. | 18:30:15 |
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| 20 May 2026 |
 nebucatnetzer13 | I can't remember with whom but we wondered wheter Typst would produce as nice output as LaTeX.
It seems it does.
Typst output is quite close to that of LaTeX. It uses the same line-breaking algorithm developed by Donald Knuth and Michael Plass for TeX, so it creates nicely balanced paragraphs of regular text. Its mathematical typesetting algorithms are based closely on the TeX algorithms, and indeed mathematical rendering is nearly indistinguishable between the two systems.
| 05:50:20 |
| nebucatnetzer13 | https://lwn.net/Articles/1037577/ | 05:50:32 |
 gabyx | In reply to @nebucatnetzer13:matrix.org
I can't remember with whom but we wondered wheter Typst would produce as nice output as LaTeX.
It seems it does.
Typst output is quite close to that of LaTeX. It uses the same line-breaking algorithm developed by Donald Knuth and Michael Plass for TeX, so it creates nicely balanced paragraphs of regular text. Its mathematical typesetting algorithms are based closely on the TeX algorithms, and indeed mathematical rendering is nearly indistinguishable between the two systems.
ahh geil :) 🤩 jeah this is what I wa looking for | 06:25:27 |
| nebucatnetzer13 | There are caveats however
Typst's page layout algorithm doesn't always permit the refinements that LaTeX is capable of. For example, Typst is not as good as LaTeX at avoiding widows and orphans.
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| 25 May 2026 |
|  Tim changed their profile picture. | 19:14:38 |
| 29 May 2026 |
|  lassulus changed their profile picture. | 07:07:13 |
