<gchristensen>
I tried to find a refurbished mac mini here in town but the local apple shop (not an applestore) doesn't have any used, and doesn't have any new either
<andi->
well while that is true those don't work :D
<andi->
Does that qualify?
<andi->
That document also assumes MacOS is always Tier-2..
<MichaelRaskin>
That document says the list needs amending if situation changes significantly!
<gchristensen>
is there a way to fan out to aarch64-darwin without requiring it for advancement?
<MichaelRaskin>
You mean at Hydra?
<gchristensen>
yeah
<MichaelRaskin>
Sigh, how much delay is OK?
<andi->
don't add it to supported platforms and add a ne wjob?
<andi->
*new job
<gchristensen>
so, really, this "supportedSystems" and "limitedSupportedSystems" should be replaced with tiers
<MichaelRaskin>
Everything needs replacement with grayscale-aware sliding scales. Everything.
<gchristensen>
:)
<MichaelRaskin>
I mean, you could have a separate jobset for aarch64-darwin, or you could even have it take the _channel_ branch only
<gchristensen>
I think the thing to do for today is make it supportedSystem for the -darwin channel, not for the main nixpkgs-unstable channel
<andi->
IMO since this architecture is still very young it shouldn't block the normal channels and also likely needs more world rebuilds in the short term
<andi->
MichaelRaskin: as you are the author of that RFC: In Appendix A, Tier 6 it says "ongoing to merge Tier 4" shouldn't that be Tier 5"?
<MichaelRaskin>
Ooops, in the definitions it was indeed fixed
<andi->
Or was the intention at that time to target tier4 and skip 5?
<MichaelRaskin>
In a sense, nobody truly targets 5…
<MichaelRaskin>
But no, the real story is that Tier 2 was originally 1.5, and i686-linux was 2-ε
<andi->
Somehow a platform should probably enter at the bottom and then (eventually very quickly) reach 1-3, no?
<MichaelRaskin>
As usual, all this RFC was basically written for a single line of it
<MichaelRaskin>
> Platform support status at the Tier 4 and below is updated according to achievement of the requirements defined in this RFC.
<MichaelRaskin>
BTW, has all the manual rehashing converged? Because if so, the list could be updated with the recent work and finally pasted as an appendix to Nixpkgs manual…
<MichaelRaskin>
But basically RFC intentionally does not restrict aarch64-darwin suddenly being declared Tier 3 as long as the checklist is there
<MichaelRaskin>
Tier 3 is not a guaranteed thing, as it is as resource commitment, but of course aarch64-darwin will get whatever is expected from the Hydra side.