2023-01-09 Nix team meeting minutes #22

[fricklerhandwerk]

Attendees: @roberth @fricklerhandwerk @regnat @Ericson2314 (later: @tomberek)

Agenda

• @roberth presents a proposal on how to deal with the system parameter to flakes
• work off the To Discuss column while waiting for @edolstra and @tomberek

Discussion

• Add support for parsing YAML by NaN-git · Pull Request #7340 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • general agreement, wait for @edolstra’s input

• Allow missing binary caches by default by patricksjackson · Pull Request #7188 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • postponed, needs more precise specification
    • @Ericson2314 will make a proposal

• Support non-bash shells in nix-shell. by gebner · Pull Request #545 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • decision: close

• (@Ericson2314 proposes to finally look at some code again)

• Parse string context elements properly by Ericson2314 · Pull Request #7543 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • the overarching topic has been discussed in the past and it was agreed upon that we want to move forward with the refactoring
  • detailed review