some good news: solutions to the nix stuff are coming; so if you’re thinking of mass evacuating the ecosystem please hold off a little to see what’s coming this week
in the interim, please note that a lot of the problems that have been happening are due to a small group of people who’ve done wrong via the nixOS foundation, the nix language project, and a few community comms platforms
there are an abundance of wonderful folks working on nixpkgs and nixos; and their incredible work is to be celebrated rather than being thrown out because a project they consume turned out toxic
(that all said if you’re burnt out by this or this has become something where remaining will hurt you, please ignore this and take care of yourselves instead)
@ktemkin I’m not in this ecosystem but my vibe from the ones who are is that some point last week was the absolute last minute for them and you’re already late, sadly (?)
@jason (to be clear I’m not affiliated with the foundation in any way, shape or form)
but yeah, I don’t expect this to fix the trauma that was already happening before this, or the damage from eelco’s awful response; but I do think the source of the bad can be removed and then the good parts reforged into something else; or something else can be built
@baloo sorry it’s taking so long; this has been a long battle for a small group of people who’ve stepped up to address the bad; and pacing has been really important to make sure solutions are for the long term
@baloo (I’m not really important on this particular team — there are a bunch of talented folks working really hard on things; I’ve just been trying to take load off them when I can.)
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