2024-07-08 Nix team meeting minutes #159

[roberth]

Attendees: @roberth @edolstra (first half: @fricklerhandwerk)

Agenda

Priorities:
1. make patch releases delivering critical bugfixes
2a. bugfixes
2b. meson
2c. release notes
2d. 2.24 release

Bugs and fixes

• `nix-shell`: look up `shell.nix` when argument is a directory by roberth · Pull Request #11057 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • briefly discussed the merits of the fallback options

  • merged

  • (this flips the ratio of closed-open-issues)

  • related: `devShellTools`: add environment functions by roberth · Pull Request #324789 · NixOS/nixpkgs · GitHub

• New expr-c EvalState construction is causing build problems for 24.05. · Issue #11039 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • @Ericson2314 should take a look

• Add `:doc` for lambdas to repl with `nix-doc` · Issue #10771 · NixOS/nix · GitHub

  • discussed the cost trade-offs of the various alternatives
  • nix repl: Provide documentation from comment when evaluating to lambda by roberth · Pull Request #1652 · NixOS/nix · GitHub may be the more sustainable and efficient approach
    • given RFC 145 it should be much easier to implement now that the syntax is settled
  • @edolstra and @roberth pair program on a solution