I just saw the news of the soft fork announcement over on the IceShrimp instance and thought I should share here
Background Context for Anyone Out of the Loop
(newest to oldest news - top to bottom):
- NixOS Fork Announced by Jake Hamilton -
- Reddit post - 15 contributors left Nixpkgs maintenance
- Programming.dev post - Jon Ringer’s suspension
As mentioned (by u/steventrouble in the previous post here):
@[email protected] why “aux”? Will that name be put up to a vote?
Anti Commercial-AI license
@onlinepersona @recursive_recursion I don’t think we need to spend time bikeshedding the name. As for the reasons I chose it:
- it is short
- similar to nix
- is short for “auxiliary” which can be used to mean “another”, “additional”, “secondary”, “separate”; so it being a separate nix ecosystem lines up
@jakehamilton @onlinepersona @recursive_recursion By contrast, I’m a big fan of the name, it seems very fitting.
Doesn’t have to be bikeshedding. It’s 2 steps:
But it’s your baby, do what you like.
Anti Commercial-AI license
The SEO on this name is going to be a major irritation for adoption.
But that aside, doesn’t it strike you as a concerning that this project is born at least in part from the complaints about a “benevolent dictator”, and the very first time—at least that I’ve seen—someone asks you to put something up for community consensus you say no?
@natecox for much the same reasoning
https://forum.aux.computer/t/forge-software-host/160/51?u=jakehamilton
@natecox @jakehamilton *sealion noises*
Naux
There, fits all your criteria, is even closer to Nix and appears to have fewer SEO issues as far as I can tell.
And as a cherry on top: “Naux is a medication that combines diphenhydramine and 8-chlorotheophylline to prevent and treat nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and motion sickness.“ 😄