2023-01-23 Nix team meeting minutes #26

[fricklerhandwerk]

Attendees: @edolstra @tomberek @Ericson2314 @thufschmitt @roberth

Discussions

• Get rid of `.drv` special-casing for store path installable by Ericson2314 · Pull Request #7600 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • no decision
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7515#issuecomment-1400287748
  • decision:
    • make it a new subcommand instead
    • add JSON output
    • include the information in the daemon handshake
    • keep assigned to @Ericson2314
• add "instantiate" to glossary by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #7318 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • Meta-question: Should we defer these changes to @fricklerhandwerk?
    • @edolstra disagrees. Actually disagrees with some of the recent changes
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7641
  • merged
• Allow to get rid of `nix develop` "shell" logic · Issue #7501 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • Decision:
    • Add some documentation for the proposed protocol
    • Finish the implementation
• Test store paths, with property tests, fix bug by Ericson2314 · Pull Request #7639 · NixOS/nix · GitHub
  • merged