Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

"What fits upstream" is something I'd like to discuss at NixConf, I've been thinking about this back and forth and it's is no black and white answer. On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Christian Theune wrote: > Hi, > > this is also one of the big issues I’ve been trying to

Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

Hi, this is also one of the big issues I’ve been trying to get my head around. One of the wiki pages mentions a great thing that I’m interested in: https://nixos.org/wiki/The_Many_Cooks_Method This touches managing multiple channels and their

Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

It always somehow hurts me when contributions to NixOS are refused or just left abandoned somewhere in the mailing list or on github. The great power of NixOS is that it can be fully programmed and so NixOS should be able to handle almost all contributions by design. While one has to write blog

Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

It always somehow hurts me when contributions to NixOS are refused or just left abandoned somewhere in the mailing list or on github. The great power of NixOS is that it can be fully programmed and so NixOS should be able to handle almost all contributions by design. While one has to write blog

[Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

Hi all, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/9d82f7e53e66e5594b0c8b82f6c415a0a386b580 which reverts a site-wide optional compression feature I added. The discussion and lack of answering can be found at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/9407#issuecomment-134523359. IMHO, configuring

Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

Reverting controversial commits is how we've been dealing with such disagreements and you're encouraged to open a PR for discussion. I think there should be a line where options are too specific based on particular usage. That said, NixOS has the unique opportunity to take a big step forward

Re: [Nix-dev] I want nice things (apache compression)

I don't mind reverting commits, I'm just a bit miffed at the lack of communication around it. I asked a question on how to improve and instead of an answer it got reverted. In retrospect, I suppose I should have done the revert myself? At the time I felt that maybe there could be small tweaks