# 2023-03-17 Nix team meeting minutes #41

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-03-17-nix-team-meeting-minutes-41/26614
**Category:** Nix
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-03-17-nix-team-meeting-minutes-41/26614 "2023-03-22T20:18:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![fricklerhandwerk](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/fricklerhandwerk/32/2029_2.png) [@fricklerhandwerk](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/fricklerhandwerk)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-03-17-nix-team-meeting-minutes-41/26614/1 "2023-03-22T20:18:24Z")

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

## Triage

- [Stabilize `nix copy` · Issue #8011 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8011)

- [Nix build issue · Issue #7809 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7809)

- [nix: Add support for --keep-going and --keep-failed by bgamari · Pull Request #2106 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/2106)

- [Cache flake-registry by centromere · Pull Request #6750 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6750#issuecomment-1479277167)

- [add path to 'very large path' error by bburdette · Pull Request #4608 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/4608/)

- [Warn about untracked files in git repositories by rti · Pull Request #7244 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7244#issuecomment-1479279734)

- [`#! nix-shell -i bash` use bash from shell.nix by Radvendii · Pull Request #6472 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6472#issuecomment-1479282019)

- [ssh-ng: Set log-fd for ssh to `4` by default by Ma27 · Pull Request #7659 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7659#issuecomment-1479285055)

- [https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3494#issuecomment-1479289011](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/3494#issuecomment-1479289011)

## Discussion

- [Stabilize `nix copy` · Issue #8011 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8011#issuecomment-1479292884)

- [Hide experimental settings by Ericson2314 · Pull Request #7609 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7609#issuecomment-1479294474)

- [https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7745#issuecomment-1479295486](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7745#issuecomment-1479295486)

- [`nix flake check`: skip derivations for foreign systems by peterbecich · Pull Request #7759 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7759#issuecomment-1480200349)

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### Author: ![garbas](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/garbas/32/2296_2.png) [@garbas](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/garbas)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-03-17-nix-team-meeting-minutes-41/26614/2 "2023-03-23T12:43:36Z")

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> [@fricklerhandwerk](#):
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> [Cache flake-registry by centromere · Pull Request #6750 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/6750#issuecomment-1479277167)
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> - not sure what the tradeoffs are
> - provisionally assigned to @garbas as the de-facto maintainer of the Docker infra

I’ve resolved the PR and merged it thank you for ping.

but … I don’t know where my life went wrong by I guess I’m “de-facto maintainer of the Docker infra” 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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### Author: ![peterbecich](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/peterbecich/32/4831_2.png) [@peterbecich](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/peterbecich)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/2023-03-17-nix-team-meeting-minutes-41/26614/3 "2023-03-26T20:31:46Z")

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> [@fricklerhandwerk](#):
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> [`nix flake check`: skip derivations for foreign systems by peterbecich · Pull Request #7759 · NixOS/nix · GitHub](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7759#issuecomment-1480200349)
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> - default behavior should stay the same
> - no conclusion

I have changed the PR. The default behavior is now unchanged, please review again:

> <https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7759#issuecomment-1484198541>
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> @fricklerhandwerk okay, thank you. I will keep the default behavior and implemen…t \`--current-system-only\`.
> 
> IMO \`--current-system-only\` is better than \`--keep-going\` with deferred error.
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> This will help \`nix flake check --current-system-only\` in GitHub Actions. If there is a deferred error code thrown by \`nix flake check --keep-going\`, the GitHub Action will fail.
> 
> \--------
> 
> \> Just have to make it consistent with \`--all-systems\` in \`nix flake show\`.
> 
> To make it consistent with \`nix flake show\`, it needs to change the default behavior.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken:
> \- default behavior of \`nix flake show\` is current system only
> \- default behavior of \`nix flake check\` is all systems
> 
> The choice to change the default behavior got 9 upvotes: https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7759#issuecomment-1420335233
> 
> I have no opinion.
