| 12 Aug 2021 |
 @timdeh:matrix.org | and I'm already thinking about what 2.0 will look like :D | 23:07:28 |
 @ultranix:matrix.org | yeah me similarly, first attempt at using flakes was finally nixflk | 23:07:32 |
 @d4hines:matrix.org | In reply to @timdeh:matrix.org
indeed, DevOS was more of an attempt at reifying a best practice for a Nix repository. It's hard to grasp a best practice when you barely understand the rules of the game 😅 I'm not sure about this. create-react-app seems like a counter-example. So does cargo for rust. | 23:08:42 |
| @timdeh:matrix.org | true, but with nix we don't really have the toolage to make it quite so automatic | 23:09:12 |
| @timdeh:matrix.org | although I've been looking at https://github.com/jonringer/nix-template as a potential to bridge this gap | 23:09:36 |
| @ultranix:matrix.org | flakes kind of skipped over the RFC process, pushed through without finishing it. so its in no man's land and i hear there's still several unsolved issues | 23:09:49 |
| @timdeh:matrix.org | yeah, there's a bunch of stuff people aren't happy about, but the ironic piece is that the format hasn't changed since their release. So in practice, they are quite stable 😄 | 23:10:34 |
| @timdeh:matrix.org | I think the only breaking change was when epoch was removed, and I think that happened before Eelco even merged it to nixpkgs | 23:11:47 |
| @d4hines:matrix.org | In reply to @timdeh:matrix.org
although I've been looking at https://github.com/jonringer/nix-template as a potential to bridge this gap This seems less than ideal, Imperative shell commands to manage huge boilier plate seems worse than just having less boiler plate/relying on defaults.
The best looking interface into Nix I've seen so far is DevShell. TOML file where you list the packages you need. Amazing! When I figure out how to do overlays consistently, it's going to be awesome. But I have to decide how to do them - Niv or nvfetcher or manually or something else I haven't heard of what?
| 23:13:55 |
