From 337a73b53e117c57ddfc97e8aab398d65f6f25c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Th=C3=A9ophane=20Hufschmitt?= Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 14:51:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add meeting notes for the NixOps discussion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Théophane Hufschmitt --- .../2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meeting-notes/2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md diff --git a/meeting-notes/2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md b/meeting-notes/2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c010f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/meeting-notes/2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: NixOps Initial location +attendees: [ Robert, Koen, Théophane ] +--- + +How/where do we develop NixOps4? +- Initial idea was to just develop it in the `NixOS/nixops` repository +- Community members generally against that + - The previous iterations of NixOps didn't hold their promises + - Now NixOps still appears like the way-to-go for NixOS deployments, while it's generally not a good solution. → Bad impression of the Nix project as a whole + - Fear that a new version will not be successful either, and just increase the problem. + +- Possible solutions: + - Give the project another name to reduce the confusion + - Probably won't help that much + - Use [nix-community](https://github.com/nix-community/) as an incubator + - This is what the organisation is made for + - Wouldn't bring nearly as much visibility as the `NixOS` org though, while still adding constraints to the development + - Develop it internally and then donate it to the community? + - Can make a big bang once we announce it, will give leverage to move it to the NixOS org + - Most likely solution + - Roberth would still like to have it on GitHub for convenience for contributors + +- Decision: + - Work in a dedicated `NixOps4` GitHub org + - Mirror the repository (with metadata?) to + - Make the project LGPL to conform with the original NixOps licence +