2023-01-20 Nix team meeting minutes #25

[fricklerhandwerk]

Attendees: @roberth @fricklerhandwerk @regnat @edolstra @Ericson2314 @tomberek

Agenda

• Triage (30 min)
• Discuss the release 2.13 fixup
• Discussion items on the board

Triage

• Fix build --repeat with -K to use real paths by tollb · Pull Request #2687 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • closed, we removed the --repeat option
• Expand nix serve manual by typetetris · Pull Request #2554 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • documentation about nix-serve does not belong to the Nix manual
  • assigned to @fricklerhandwerk
• set up user namespace in builder, not in parent by catern · Pull Request #2717 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • not clear if it’s still relevant
  • assigned to @Ericson2314 to follow up
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7515
  • @edolstra: adding a separate command is overkill, nix-store --ping could just add the information
  • to discuss
• add objectives and tasks for Nix team by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #7534 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • to review
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7486
  • to review
• add @Ericson2314 to the Nix team by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #7580 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • to discuss
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3746
  • to discuss
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/1652#issuecomment-1428063582
  • postponed
• nix-store: implement --query --unsubstitutable by nrdxp · Pull Request #7526 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • to discuss
• review process: all PRs must be triaged by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #7579 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • @edolstra: agree with @regnat, this would slow down development
  • to discuss
• doc rendering: add functions to scope explicitly by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #7378 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • to review
• fetchGit: allow fetching annotated tags by balsoft · Pull Request #6766 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • to review
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7600#issuecomment-1428067687
  • to discuss