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bug#47871: [PATCH] import: Remove Nix importer.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#47871: [PATCH] import: Remove Nix importer. |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:36:57 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 03:44:58PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> I think we should stop making false promises about this importer,
>> so here we go. I think it’s OK to apply during string freeze
>> because it removes text without changing existing text.
>
> Yeah, I agree it's time to remove it. Too often we have to tell people
> that it doesn't work.
Done in d95168321f4a9bf6857b598da0a183b45a868d54.
>> Did you know that this code is actually the oldest piece of code
>> in Guix? It was initially part of ‘gnupdater’, a script I had
>> written to update GNU package definitions in Nixpkgs. Technically,
>> it even predates Guix by one or two years. :-)
>
> Wow! That's really something. It will be sad to see it go, but on the
> other hand it's cool to see that we've outgrown it.
Yup. :-)
Thanks,
Ludo’.