So #Nix is when Haskell people make a package manager, a language, an OS and a build system all entangled with each other both physically and conceptually?
I'm getting into #Nix and now installed it on my personal machine as well (thanks new installer!), but the error messages are from another planet. I don't see what fundamental complexity there is in Nix to make it this difficult to understand.
I'm making an effort to learn #Nix. It's a good idea but judging from what I'm seeing and the strong path dependance, I'm not sure if the issues are fixable within the project.
It would be best for somebody to do a clean and humane re-implementation on top of the Nix store concept.
Reading development proceedings from the #Nix project and seeing the founder shoot down most suggestions for clarifying and simplifying things, it's clear that the problems are baked in at the governance level and are unlikely to be fixed.
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