| 4 Nov 2023 |
 shortcutz | now my only issue is it running OOM, but i guess i fan fix that by building manually. | 14:57:56 |
| shortcutz | * now my only issue is it running OOM, but i guess i can fix that by building incrementally. | 15:00:24 |
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| 6 Nov 2023 |
 diamond (it/its) | In reply to@shortcutz:matrix.org
actually if it builds fine for you it is probably how i am using it in my configuration- i have a member of inputscalled gnomeNixpkgs in my system flake.nix pointing to github:NixOS/nixpkgs/gnome, and then in my modules i've added:
{
nixpkgs.overlays = [
(self: super: {
gnome = gnomeNixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.gnome;
})
];
}
is this actually the recommended way to do this? wouldn't it make more sense if the gnome branch Nix files are imported using the system pkgs instead of pulling its own pkgs set (which includes a mismatch glibc)? | 05:34:10 |
| thegreenguy changed their display name from iGreenGuy Pro Max to thegreenguy. | 15:49:19 |
| 7 Nov 2023 |
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| shortcutz | In reply to @diamondburned:matrix.org
is this actually the recommended way to do this? wouldn't it make more sense if the gnome branch Nix files are imported using the system pkgs instead of pulling its own pkgs set (which includes a mismatch glibc)? is there a recommended way? | 17:30:57 |
| shortcutz | could you explain what you mean by "the gnome branch Nix files are imported using the system pkgs instead of pulling its own pkgs set"? i am afraid im not following | 17:32:34 |
| 8 Nov 2023 |
 vcunat | In reply to @shortcutz:matrix.org
is there a recommended way? Switch your whole system to the nixpkgs commit that you want to test. | 06:20:56 |
| diamond (it/its) | In reply to@shortcutz:matrix.org
could you explain what you mean by "the gnome branch Nix files are imported using the system pkgs instead of pulling its own pkgs set"? i am afraid im not following I just meant using the system nixpkgs to callPackage all the newer packages just so they get built w/ the same stdenv (they need rebuilding anyway) | 06:21:39 |
| diamond (it/its) | yeah I guess the best way is to rebuild your entire system | 06:21:52 |
| diamond (it/its) | that will take forever though | 06:21:55 |
| vcunat | Well yes. We were waiting for the rebase to make a Hydra jobset... but right now with less than two weeks to 23.11 branchoff, there probably won't even be time to do this kind of pre-testing. | 06:23:02 |
| vcunat | * Well yes. "We" were waiting for the rebase to make a Hydra jobset... but right now with less than two weeks to 23.11 branchoff, there probably won't even be time to do this kind of pre-testing. | 06:23:17 |
| shortcutz | In reply to @vcunat:matrix.org
Switch your whole system to the nixpkgs commit that you want to test. ah got it. yeah, i'm explicitly trying to avoid that because i don't want to wait for the whole build and also there are some super new changes i like having | 06:25:00 |
| vcunat | In reply to @shortcutz:matrix.org
ah got it. yeah, i'm explicitly trying to avoid that because i don't want to wait for the whole build and also there are some super new changes i like having For super-new changes, you could just merge master (or whatever) with the gnome branch and use that commit. | 06:25:43 |
| shortcutz | wait uhh you're right i definitely could do that | 06:26:06 |
| shortcutz | would i have to compile something huge like webkit-gtk though if i did that? kind of confused on how hydra works | 06:31:45 |
| vcunat | Most likely. But that's not about hydra really. | 06:34:03 |
| vcunat | Adding more changes to the gnome branch most likely won't decrease the amount of building that you need. | 06:35:14 |
| shortcutz | ok thanks for the answers. | 06:36:00 |
| shortcutz | would love to some sort of pre-built or cached version at some point- my computer is simply not beefy enough to build webkit-gtk 😠| 06:36:28 |
| vcunat | If the gnome upgrade should be in 23.11 (which surely should), cache for it will be there soon anyway. | 06:39:37 |
| vcunat | Incorporating fixes from such testing before release happens, that's mainly what I see at risk. | 06:40:51 |
| vcunat | (But they won't be blocked from getting onto 23.11 eventually.) | 06:41:21 |
| shortcutz | yay! and 23.11 is the end of the month i see, so that's exciting | 06:44:20 |
| 9 Nov 2023 |
|  @krizdavezz:matrix.org changed their display name from Aravind krishna to kriz. | 10:55:57 |
| @krizdavezz:matrix.org removed their display name kriz. | 10:57:20 |
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