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<nikivi>
awesome see you there LnL :)
<LnL>
cool, not sure who else is going
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<rizary>
does nix-darwin will replace the need on homebrew or macports?
* rizary
got fresh install macbook pro and want to try nix
<LnL>
but nix on darwin provides just a package manager similar to homebrew, you can even use both on the same system
<LnL>
depends a bit on what you use, nixpkgs has more packages than homebrew but some stuff might only work on linux
<LnL>
but we don't have anything like homebrew cask, since that doesn't really make sense
<rizary>
LnL: `some stuff might only work on linux` is it strictly speaking or the `nix-darwin` package hasn't make it available on MacOS?
<LnL>
in some cases just enabling darwin will work, but the package definition will usually require some changes to get working
<Enzime>
LnL: I would argue it would make sense because we package stuff like Discord/Slack on Linux
<Enzime>
which would be equivalent to packaging dmgs :p
<LnL>
a dmg isn't that special, we have support for unpacking it similar to other archives
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<LnL>
but it usually contains binaries instead of sources, while we prefer building from source there's no rule against it https://search.nix.gsc.io/?q=undmg
<LnL>
the main problem with most unfree software for macOS is that the developers almost never provide a stable link to download
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<Enzime>
LnL: don't we cacahe all the URLs in the Nixpkgs anyway so it shouldn't be too much of an issue?
<LnL>
pointing to urls that change is bad practice and unfree software usually isn't redistributable so we can't cache/build it
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