> On 26 Aug 2026, at 07:45, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote: > If we do go forward, I think the flake.nix file needs a header comment > covering at least these points: > > 1. An explanation of what it is/does, aimed at people who never heard > of Nix. Doesn't need to be long. (Some of our other root files > could use some self-justification too :-() > > 2. A suggestion to add thus-and-such personal ~/.gitexclude patterns > if you want to use Nix.
I would add a third: A note on how the file is intended to be kept up to date for non-Nix users. If I add a dependency to autoconf/meson, what am I expected to do to make sure this file doesn't become stale. (I obviously have no idea what that something might be, maybe it's just "email -hackers"?) If this information is better maintained as a Wiki page then a link would suffice of course. -- Daniel Gustafsson
