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nix is now easier to bootstrap on Linux distributions without previous nix installation.
Non-NixOS users are encouraged to try and report whether the improved autoconf checks make it easier to build it from source.
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static-haskell-nix
started a crowd-funding on OpenCollective during ZuriHac to get its own dedicated Hetzner build server. Amazingly, the funding goal was reached within only 4 days! -
A big rework of the
gstreamer
package landed in nixpkgs with the upgrade to 1.16.It also demonstrates how
meson
-build-system-based projects can be configured to complain loudly about any missing dependencies, as opposed to silently disabling features (like manyautoconf
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Upgrade via the usual:
$ nix-env -iA cachix -f https://cachix.org/api/v1/install
Notable improvement is the default compression level which has been lowered to increase bandwidth throughput and it’s overridable via
--compression-level
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[Hercules CI #5 update requiredSystemFeatures, Cachix and Darwin support](https://blog.hercules-ci.com/sprints,/hercules-ci/2019/07/09/development-update-5-cachix-da rwin/)
Preview access for the CI has been given to all subscribers as we’ve reached feature parity for the public launch.
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Please try it out on your code and give us feedback!
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Nixery is a tiny service that implements Docker’s registry protocol for serving images
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