From 9eda6fb8878da0749e544a3588084a8add4c05b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cole Mickens Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 17:26:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a025988..3c7efca 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ # nixos-flake-example +## warning + +**WARNING**: You should understand that: + +- there is currently no path to flakes being stable +- we can't even experiment with flakes alternatives without committing to pure-eval as a stepping stone +- the people that CARE about the problems solved by flakes seem to care about solving this problem +- the people using impurity everywhere don't seem very motivated to dive into this problem-space +- as a result, the tooling is completely fractured and stagnant +- besides some UX fixes, bugfixes, and other feature-work in Nix, this has more or less been the case for years +- I'm tired of seeing (often self-proclaimed, repeated-from-others) FUD by non-flakes users + + Anyway, now you know. Proceed at your own caution. + +## overview + **NOTE**: [nixflk](https://github.com/nrdxp/nixflk) is a better example repo for a full NixOS config layout, this repo is mostly to provide more context+examples around flakes, and to show that you can produce the same EXACT system with flakes as with nix-build,