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[PATCH] import: Remove Nix importer.

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Message #13 received at 47871-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 47871-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47871: [PATCH] import: Remove Nix importer.
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:36:57 +0200

Hi,

Leo Famulari <leo <at> 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’.

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