meeting-notes/2024-03-01_nixops_initial_location.md

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+title: NixOps Initial location
+attendees: [ Robert, Koen, Théophane ]
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+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.
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+- 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
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+- Decision:
+    - Work in a dedicated `NixOps4` GitHub org
+    - Mirror the repository (with metadata?) to <https://git.fediversity.eu>
+    - Make the project LGPL to conform with the original NixOps licence
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