NixOS and the Github Paradox

NixOS and the Github Paradox

[Preston Pan]

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I have been a user of NixOS for three years now, and I find it insane
that they still rely on github for PRs entirely. I understand that
migration is an issue and that Github is available to many people and
has a nice PR and CI/CD system, but for some of the more tangential
projects (e.g. the wiki), I feel that NixOS could benefit from more
decentralisation. Mailing lists are integrated with git, but it seems
that according to the discussion
(https://discourse.nixos.org/t/give-up-on-github/20058/17), the Nix
people don't seem that keen on switching to a mailing list system or to
a more open platform. I think the last comment in this thread really
represents my view on the matter.

I will keep on using NixOS, but I will do so hoping that they will start
decentralising the ecosystem more even if they still keep nixpkgs on
github in the meantime. I find it insane that they've had problems on
the platform, yet they are slow to take action.

Preston

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Re: NixOS and the Github Paradox

[Andrei Șova]

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    Migrating to a mailing list would be insanity. NixOS is staunchly in
    the right of my software compass.

    It would make much more sense for them to move to codeberg or
    something, but even that would still be a net loss for NixOS since
    they rely a lot on Github actions which Codeberg doesn't
    provide. (for a good reason, since they can barely afford just
    existing)

    - sova

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