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[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Good. No offence to him, as he is the architect behind nix, but nixos suffers from major governance issues, largely thanks to indecision, infighting and actively distilling conflict within the community.

At the end of the day, that whole "benevolent dictator" schtick is just not sustainable.

Also, it's 2024 already. Finish the implementation of flakes. Either that, or strip it out. One or the other. Get off the pot or piss.