I do wonder how nix could solve the nixpkgs problem. In order to build it actually requires the recipes to calculate the hash with which it builds the store path.
Fixed output hashes could be part of the solution. A map of package and version to hash and outPath maybe? But for building from scratch e.g new packages, where would the recipes be stored? I think it would have to be in git, but where would that be stored? A monorepo again? Then we’d be back at nixpkgs.
I’m surprised they moved away from mailing lists. That took a lot of growth.
Oh shit, they aren’t the same? My bad. They both are filth, so I assumed they had the same owners. Same shit, different company I guess.
Probably have a list of reasons why they shouldn’t be in the community either. “They said master branch is OK: drama time!”
Too obscure, I imagine
Not enough people use it to be a target.
Does guix even use git? Are they still on cvs and mailing lists?
Use GoG. DRM free games. You can download the installer and distribute it for backups. Do anything you like.
Weren’t they just bought out by Saudis?
nixpkgs as a mono repo might’ve been a mistake, honestly. shithub wasn’t made for monorepos. It doesn’t have a permissions system for it.
So many PRs get a bunch of inane comments that have nothing to do with the functionality to please somebody’s ego, the CODEOWNERS file is nearly worthless as “package maintainers” don’t even have the last say on their own packages, docs are nearly the last of the priorities making it difficult for pretty much anybody but the christened cream of the crop to make changes. It almost seems like the entire thing was made for “job security” - only a few people really understand what’s going on and thus make the decisions. That of course introduces a bottle-neck.
Even if more people wanted to contribute, they wouldn’t be aren’t able to. I think the decision makers like it that way.
I like the sentiment, but what does EUPL do that AGPL doesn’t do? Doesn’t AGPL also fix the SaaS problem?
I would honestly also prefer a license that discourages monetary use without payment.
We haven’t spread Linus’s word strongly enough. Have you been slacking on your door to door duties, hatchling?
So? That’s nowhere near the same thing as what you’re suggesting “AI can just take DNA and make the same person”. Look up what twins actually are. They aren’t just DNA injected into some random person.
No, they couldn’t, that’s what’s being said. If you have a huge state machine with billions of parameters, toggling a different subset can yield wildly different results.
Maybe but there is more to the outcome than just genes. Certain ones can be activated of deactivated and that can be done by epigentics for example. Gene expression is a thing.
The AI would need way more information that just DNA to generate an image of the person.
To be honest, I consume peertube via GrayJay. Back when I used mbin, it was also possible to subscribe to channels. Dunno why it wouldn’t be possible to subscribe via peertube.
Maybe the instance owner @tilvids@mstdn.social can help out.
He’s on the fediverse btw and the fediverse video is here.
They can barely see the threat before them today. Let alone understand past threats. The community needs to make them aware.
Isn’t that part of the problem described in the article? A shallow clone? Github has trouble with exactly that.
Maybe it’s time the community stepped in an provided alternative solutions to nixpkgs. We can talk about them here, but in the end somebody has to implement them.