2024-01-22 Nix team meeting minutes #117

Print the value in `error: cannot coerce` messages by 9999years · Pull Request #9754 · NixOS/nix · GitHub & Print value in `attribute '...' missing` errors by 9999years · Pull Request #9758 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

Assigned to @roberth like the other printing one.
Printing PRs are supposed to be in good shape now that the output limitting infra is there.
(i.e. having a way to prevent arbitrary user-written values to making arbitrary large messages on the terminal.)

doc/glossary: Nix expression can be language expression by roberth · Pull Request #9760 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

Approved. Merging.

maintainers: Mention the monthly “Assigned” column review by thufschmitt · Pull Request #9651 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9651#issuecomment-1911685279

update docs on `fetchGit` shallow clone behavior by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #9704 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9704#issuecomment-1911686538

don't show `nix-channel` in upgrade instructions by fricklerhandwerk · Pull Request #9703 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9703#issuecomment-1911688325

Fix permission denied when building symlink derivation which points t… by Artturin · Pull Request #9723 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9723#issuecomment-1911690430

allow arbitrary numbers of / in path tails by pennae · Pull Request #9722 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9722#issuecomment-1911692322

Refactor the parser somewhat by pennae · Pull Request #9776 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9776#issuecomment-1911693953

Make fetchTree locked input error message clearer by jvns · Pull Request #9626 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9626#issuecomment-1911697568

Refactor rename derivation type `isPure` by roberth · Pull Request #9770 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9770#issuecomment-1911698374

`no-absolute-path-literals` experimental feature · Issue #8738 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/8738#issuecomment-1911699558

`nix hash path`, text hashing for `nix store add`, and preparatory refactors by Ericson2314 · Pull Request #9815 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9815#issuecomment-1911703991

Cannot invalidate cache of files fetched in pure evaluation mode · Issue #9814 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

@tomberek comment: Cannot invalidate cache of files fetched in pure evaluation mode · Issue #9814 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

@ericson2314 comment: Cannot invalidate cache of files fetched in pure evaluation mode · Issue #9814 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

(@edolstra had already left before this point, passed the meeting time. But we we assume as the author of the code he will have extra opinions about this.)

Don't download source tarball if not needed. by yshui · Pull Request #9819 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • @ericson2314: The motivations makes sense, but not sure that we need to solve this with new parameters / new degrees of freedom. Maybe we can just change policy, not growing the space of arguments/results, and still solve the issue.
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