Talk:Nix (package manager)

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Notability[edit]

This page has been questioned on the basis of lack of notability.

At the time the article was posted, there was little known about the nix package manager. I wish I had kept a track of where I ran into a reference which led me to this package manager, which now has its own domain, http://nixos.org/

I want to support the notability of this article. (Ricgal (talk) 02:06, 4 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

The many academic publications on Nix and related topics suffice for notability, I think. They just need to be rounded up and used in the article. --Gwern (contribs) 03:24 4 January 2009 (GMT)

Hello there, Gonzo_fan2007 referred me to you as I would also support the notability of this article, I first heard about nix from here. Let me know how else I can help. Kupojsin (talk) 08:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I added reliable secondary sources and removed the Notability template. — HowardBGolden (talk) 22:50, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Advertisement Concern[edit]

User:Kugao placed an advert tag on this article. This section is to discuss his and others' (if any) concerns about this and help revise the article as necessary to be appropriate for Wikipedia. — HowardBGolden (talk) 18:28, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the language in some places. Balabiot (talk) 10:06, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The concern is unfounded and idiotic. It's an academic project. See a draft of an article on the OS. 72.228.177.92 (talk) 15:52, 7 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is unfounded criticism of established concerns, calling them idiotic, a good way to rebut those claims? It reads as a little curt. 192.47.255.254 (talk) 19:08, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Debian criticism?[edit]

Is the debian criticism link to make the Debian developer look ridiculous? The arguments against nix show an astonishing lack of understanding of it, together with an angry reaction of someone that felt offended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.89.61.89 (talk) 15:19, 22 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Debian no longer appears to be mentioned in the article, so I guess whatever you're objecting to is now gone. Guy Harris (talk) 01:50, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, you were referring to the link. I'm not sure a link to criticism in "External links", without anything about that criticism in the article itself, makes sense. Guy Harris (talk) 01:56, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rename[edit]

This article should probably be renamed to Nix (package manager). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.40.48.159 (talk) 02:56, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Which it was, at some point. Guy Harris (talk) 01:47, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]