Two Summer Months Combined into One Note Hello friends and followers, For those who have been waiting for updates: you’ll be delighted to hear what we achieved over the summer! While it might seem like summertime slows things down, that was not the case for us. We took full advantage of our knowledge, skills, and teamwork to do what we do best - package software.
Highlights of July
- QGIS can now be built and run with Nix (PR #62531). A small step for the Nix community, a giant leap for OSS. Congratulations to @imincik, who made a tremendous effort to make this possible.
- Our team is now onboarded to FreeScout. That means: if you need anything related to our project scope, just shoot us an email, it’ll be turned into a task ticket automatically. Smoother workflows ahead - thanks @infinisil for setting it up!
Here’s what our team was up to
- @prince213 successfully packaged Corteza and completed Omnom. He also helped keep our packages up-to-date by adding update scripts to Nixpkgs derivations #1047, and together with @ethancedwards, packaged Ethersync.
- @ethancedwards, among more than 15 projects he has worked on this month, delivered OWASP [#660], Verso, Oku, and OWI. Notably, he also began work on Stalwart and Sylk. Other contributions included small but valuable updates to multiple projects, most notably Nyxt and Jaq demos, as well as Servo tests.
- @eljamm made progress with overview related tasks.
- Together with @themadbit, he closed US #1193. In addition @themadbit made large progress with Mox #1419 and closed the lose issue related to the Projects’ Overview (button).
- @OPNA2608 added OpenStreeMap support to Inventaire, did a demo for Blink, put effort into Heads, and started working on BigBlueButton. She has also been focused on keeping our software collection running by fixing builds, tests, and update scripts.
- @junestepp added a demo for Peertube (#1223) and fixed video transcription, she also implemented visual representation for missing deliverables in the overview page.
We also took some time in July to reflect and wrap up Q2, collecting achievements, documenting what’s been done, and gathering insights for our yearly report.
Highlights of August
August was a month of achievements, but also of bittersweet farewells.
- On August 31st, we said goodbye to @themadbit, who completed his Outreachy program. He contributed significantly to our workflow and left behind excellent work. We wish him a fruitful future in the Nix ecosystem and hope our paths cross again.
- We also bid farewell to our valued mentor and project leader, @fricklerhandwerk, who passed the torch to John Ericson, following the board’s guidance. @fricklerhandwerk is an outstanding Nixer, a great friend, and a true listener who knows how to support and guide others. His wisdom and generosity have helped countless individuals and inspired all of us to grow. @fricklerhandwerk’s contributions and influence remain with us, and we wish him continued success in his next endeavors.
Project Work in August
- @themadbit worked on Briar, Aerogramme, ReOxide, Wax, and closed Kaidan, PagedJS.
- @eljamm went full-on review mode and worked on the Projects Overview in addition to documentation and his usual maintenance and reviews. He also improved the project’s doc, which is currently under review.
- @junestepp made major progress with Irdest and improving the overview.
- @OPNA2608 advanced work on Heads, added demo to Libervia and pushed BigBlueButton forward and contributed new components. Together with @ethancedwards, she packaged Blink.
- @prince213 made progress on mitmproxy, packaged Kazarma and improved the overview by adding usage instructions. It is also worth mentioning his progress with y-crdt and Icosa-Gallery.
- @ethancedwards successfully packed the Dependency Scanner Server.
Two months, almost 130 PRs, and a lot of dedication - NGI@Nix keeps growing stronger. Thank you to everyone who contributed code, reviews, ideas, and support. Here’s to autumn bringing even more progress.
The Nix@NGI team is part of a coordinated effort to support selected free and open source software (FOSS) projects, by making them available as Nix packages or NixOS service modules. It is funded by the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative through the NLNet Foundation and the NixOS Foundation.