Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect
by encryptluks2 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:56PM
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> Nix goes the other: what if we built a system around this concept.
This is what I'm referring to. There isn't anything currently as far as I'm aware that takes it as far as Nix. Sure, Arch has archinstall and there is also cloud-init.
There are examples of using JSON to help manage that:
Re:How Nix and NixOS get so close to perfect
by jbboehr on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:48PM
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But it seems like everything that uses YAML has to reinvent programming languages in YAML, and YAML has it's own share of footguns. At least Nix is designed for it's purpose.
This is what I'm referring to. There isn't anything currently as far as I'm aware that takes it as far as Nix. Sure, Arch has archinstall and there is also cloud-init.
There are examples of using JSON to help manage that:
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/blob/master/example...
But, ultimately I believe a lightweight Go/Rust tool that takes a YAML file and does essentially the same thing will prevail.