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Re:Lix is a modern, delicious implementation of the Nix pack... by gus_massa on Monday May 06, 2024 @08:58AM (#40274107)
How many commits has each fork that are not in the other?
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Re:Lix is a modern, delicious implementation of the Nix pack... by KingMob on Monday May 06, 2024 @09:51AM (#40274672)
Not sure, but afaik, one of the first big changes was to use Meson for building, instead of Dolstra's homegrown build system.

Apparently, the switch to Meson was approved, and coded, ages ago, but Dolstra kept dragging his heels on it.

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Re:Lix is a modern, delicious implementation of the Nix pack... by infinisil on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:49AM (#40275352)
I'm afraid the letter spread some misinformation: The meson RFC has in fact not been approved: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/132

For a discussion on this, see https://github.com/KFearsoff/nix-drama-explained/issues/1

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Re:Lix is a modern, delicious implementation of the Nix pack... by KingMob on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @08:11AM (#40284546)
Doesn't that get the timeline backwards? I thought the RFC was opened in response to inaction on the part of switching to Meson, which had been informally agreed-on.
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Re:Lix is a modern, delicious implementation of the Nix pack... by infinisil on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @09:09AM (#40285008)
I'm going to quote https://save-nix-together.org/:

> Single-handedly blocking Meson, which has a passed RFC, for five years because he doesn’t know meson but knows his own build system

I don't know about exact timelines, but the letter is definitely wrong about this part.

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