This proposal makes me scared for my bet on going full with NixOS.
To me it seems like a really complicated technical solution to a social problem(the monorepo approach doesn't scale).
If more people are needed to maintain the nixpkgs repo why instead not focus on ways to increase the community size.
Missing docs have been a problem for NixOS for a long time, most awesome features are lost on some proficient users tweets. Having better docs would do wonders for the community.
I think if NixOS wants to copy some of Rust strengths, quality docs should be its first priority.
Yes, FirefoxOS was certainly web centric and mostly did not succeed. That doesn’t mean it failed /because/ it was web centric. Every mobile OS has struggled other than iOS and Android because getting adoption for a new OS is hard.
Some additional thoughts:
1) maybe shipping a new OS with hardware, catering to a privacy focused niche is key to succeed this time
2) maybe web technology wasn’t ready to have wide adoption for making cross-platform apps at the time FirefoxOS was launched, but is now
3) maybe PureOS will fail regardless of how apps are built. In my opinion, the best chance of succeeding will be from actually being useful. In order to be useful, it needs software. Unless, of course, you seriously believe that getting hackers excited by not using web technology will be a better solution.
Stop posting articles with over the top language from obvious competitors calling a competitors feature a “trick”.
Talk about over the top language - “toxic fanaticism”? Really? The name calling of other posters you disagree with makes hn worse (my comments focused on a company not this community)
What's the problem with Google having a competitor, why are you so hyped about?(This is why I think you're a fanatic)
Also, why are you so eagerly defending the big guy/monopolist in the room. Is this the attitude of an entrepreneur or hacker? One that is part of the "hacker news" community?
Apaec - can I encourage you to focus on the post / article and make comments about that rather than attacking other posters?
If you think this feature (which you don’t need to use) is a “trick” that has no value that is fine - explain why no one should use it - give some examples etc
Stop with the whole focus on other posters motivations, calling them “toxic fanatics” etc.
Google has lots of competitors - the big one is exchange / outlook - which has a confidential email mode. For a list of competitors look here:
@dang - I'm sorry I'm unsure of how this @ mention banning process works. Please do review apaec approach before following their request for a ban.
For example
"I guess it can't be proved that this guy is a shill for AWS. But this kind of toxic fanatism(yet trying to sound logical) is just harmful for the HN community.
dang: Can this kind of behavior be punished?"
as an earlier comment around something to do with AWS. Why does someone "trying to sound logical" mean they are a "shill" or a "toxic fanatic"?
In this thread I'm called a "toxic fanatic" and there is a claim about my support for monopolies and my lack of desire for competition (all of which is totally untrue in actual fact) with no substance regarding the value (or not) of the privacy / confidentiality feature google introduced. I'm also threatened with a ban.
To me it seems like a really complicated technical solution to a social problem(the monorepo approach doesn't scale).
If more people are needed to maintain the nixpkgs repo why instead not focus on ways to increase the community size.
Missing docs have been a problem for NixOS for a long time, most awesome features are lost on some proficient users tweets. Having better docs would do wonders for the community.
I think if NixOS wants to copy some of Rust strengths, quality docs should be its first priority.