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Currently only @edolstra has access to the improvmx account for nixos.org.
In short, I propose we buy 9x Samsung 860 EVO 250GB hard drives (none of the macOS builders use more than 100G.)
I also propose upgrading mac1 from 4G of RAM to 8G of DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800), which matches the other mac builders.
| what | cost | quantity | link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 860 EVO 250GB | $60 | 9 | https://www.newegg.com/samsung-860-evo-series-250gb/p/N82E16820147676 |
| 8G of DDR3L 1600 (PC3L 12800) (2x4GB) | $52 | 1 | https://www.newegg.com/crucial-8gb-204-pin-ddr3-so-dimm/p/N82E16820148608 |
| Mac Mini Logic Board Removal Tool | $5 | 1 | https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Mac-mini-Logic-Board-Removal-Tool/IF145-159?o=3 |
| iFixit Tool Kit | $60 | 1 | https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Pro-Tech-Toolkit/IF145-307?o=4 |
Total: $680
(Note: the iFixIt tool kit contains all the tools we need and more, plus a case to put them all in.)
I was curious why our macs are so slow to use interactively. It didn't take me long to find some answers.
Passmark says this about our current drives and my proposed drive:
Some info about our hardware:
I will bug and bother @rbvermaa until he does it. Also, I will link him to these three helpful guides:
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 3 3 0 0 0 0
Swap: 15 0 15
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4278U CPU @ 2.60GHz
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 7 6 0 0 0 0
Swap: 15 0 15
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family: Hitachi/HGST Travelstar Z5K500
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362
Serial Number: TEG5193RKSDAJG
User Capacity: 500,107,862,016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: JD8002D82KZSGD
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: JD8002D82L08DD
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: JD8002D82D1TVD
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: JD8008D828X4XS
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD ST1000LM024
Serial Number: S35RJ9DGA08673
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: JD8002D801SJGD
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662
Serial Number: J88000D80AAJ6B
User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate: 5400 rpm
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Hi from the marketing team!
We are currently working on reviving a NixOS newsletter (what was previously called weekly.nixos.org). But it is going to be called newsletter and we are going to be posting once a month.
We are using mailchimp. A "problem" (a good problem to have) is that we are not starting from scratch since we already have ~2400 subscribers in the newsletter. Since we are over 2000 subscribers we need to upgrade.
Pricing from what I can see it for next (they call it "Essentials") tier is:
If we launch the newsletter I'm sure we will quickly reach the 2500 subscribers.
Can we get the funds to support this idea moving forward.
Thank you, Danke, Grazias, Dziekuje, Hvala, ...
I want to figure out how we could better use the foundation for NixCon. And hopefully be able to re-use that work for other events like Ocean Sprint, Nix Camp, ...
Having a framework like that in place is a requirement for NixCon 2023 to happen. We need to have something in place before the end of February so we have enough time to book the event, ...
Events require money to function (sorry to be crude). On the input, you typically have sponsors and tickets. On the output; venue, catering, swag, AV equipment, ...
The foundation is a financial vehicle registered in NL and that can be used to fund various efforts (and people?).
How can we make those work together to:
The NixOS Foundation would provide a form that event organizers have to fill, with some required information like location, organizers, ...
The NixOS Foundation would provide the Pretix platform, pre-configured with a Stripe account, to provide ticket sales. I'm assuming we want to use the hosted Pretix version so that some of the proceedings maintain that valuable software and don't have to burden the infra team.
The NixOS Foundation would send invoices to sponsors that agree to fund a specific event.
The NixOS Foundation would handle the invoices to pay for the venue, ...
For any events smaller than 100.- EUR (something that can pay pizzas and beer) and that happens less than 12 times per year for a given region; the foundation would only require minimal inputs.
For larger events, the organizers would be responsible for finding the sponsors (although the foundation can help communicate with/provide repeat sponsors).
TODO: How to deal with insurance?
TODO: How to deal with VAT? (see #10)
TODO: Should we hire a temp. secretary?
Once we start spending money, we should have a report about how much we are spending and on what, so that people donating money can see what we are using the donations for.
At the moment nixos.org is held by @edolstra at
https://www.united-domains.de/ . Any objections to moving it to a shared account that is held by the foundation? Gandi has been providing domains for the nix-community org so I'm sure they would be up for it.
We will be meeting recurringly with Github to go over items from either side. Please add in anything that might be of interest to bring up/discuss on the topic of Github and NixOS.
Add a convenient way for people to give the NixOS foundation money.
Pick a location and start the team.
Done: @edolstra, @armijnhemel
To do: Ron, Domen, Theophane
What are the duties and legal obligations of the new members?
There are some legal duties that we have to fulfill with the NL government, and then a set of expectations that we have internally.
If I get access to the founding document I can get them translated, and then take a look at the NL laws as well, and come up with a proposal.
What are we trying to solve here?
Two issues:
So we probably need to register with the French tax authorities and pay VAT for 2022.
@armijnhemel is going to ask his tax advisor about this.
The Nix marketing team needs a way to handle credentials to the various communication channels they work with.
Specifically and immediately, the team needs
[email protected][email protected]Generally, the marketing team (and supposedly other teams in the future) needs
This was discussed with @garbas and @tomberek on the Nix marketing meeting 2023-03-15.
At the moment, nix.dev uses Domen's personal CloudFlare Pages account for publishing the site. As nix.dev is currently a semi-official information outlet under the Foundation, it would be best to have an account managed by the Foundation instead.
The practical issue that brought this up is that nix.dev doesn't currently have per-pull-request deploy previews, which is a feature provided by CloudFlare Pages. Some members of the Nix docs team (including myself) would like to see that enabled and would currently need to go through Domen for that. Nothing against the lovely Domen, of course, but a Foundation-level account would enable us to distribute admin capabilities across select members of the Foundation/docs team.
In terms of cost, the free plan would likely suffice to begin with. In the event that a higher plan is needed, multiple projects could likely be covered by a pro plan simultaneously.
Made the application at https://www.docker.com/community/open-source/application/
Will update once they reach back. Current timeline seems to be a few weeks.
Team work is essential for efficient use of available human resources. For example, splitting packaging work on Nixpkgs in to domain specific teams can have very positive impact on packages quality, can rapidly speed up their development and maintenance and can be motivating factor for existing and new contributors. Unfortunately, there is no official process or guideline for creation and bootstrapping of new teams.
Team creation process should provide information such as:
It would be good to finish the transfer of ownership of nix.dev to the foundation and the documentation team. I noticed some uncertainty because the documentation is halfway in the org, but still contains the copyright notice to Domen. I suppose that documentation team members want to know that their work is held in good hands.
@domenkozar, what are the requirements on your side for this to happen?
The Nix documentation team is preparing an application for Google Season of Docs. The deadline is Friday 2023-03-24.
The plan is to make a project draft to be approved by the board until the next board meeting (Tuesday 2023-03-21) and then either provide all data for a board member to submit the form or do it on the board's behalf.
It would be great if the foundation could support a successful grant with additional funds, e.g. by matching the grant amount.
we observe that people are confused about names in the Nix ecosystem and find it hard to distinguish between its components.
given the goal of easing learning Nix, we should reduce that confusion as much as possible.
proposal:
considerations:
current state:
options:
related:
@garbas this is a responsibility of the marking team, but intimately concerns documentation w.r.t. consistency and avoiding confusion
We talked about using the SFC for tax-deductible donations in the EU
Currently in the README.md the old board is still listed.
And possibly amend the statutes as needed.
Follow-up to #14
For the registered trademark to really be useful, we should collectively agree on a trademark policy for enforcing it.
Started some investigation on https://nixos-foundation.notion.site/Policy-5c5b2d0dbce141689dcc6f6fb49f3d64. Once I get enough understanding of the design space, I'll open a PR here with a draft proposal so that we can discuss it more widely.
A lot of good things have been said in https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-deserves-great-governance/26096.
I propose that the board offers some response to expose our thinking around that issue.
https://opencollective.com/nixos should list Theophane and Ron, and remove Rob.
Depending on how we want to tread the board observers, remove Graham, or add me.
GitHub offers a mechanism to group people together to assign them to issues or pull requests, and provide contact and other information. Currently we don't use it in any structured fashion, which makes discoverability of team members and their activities unnecessarily hard.
There is a lengthy legal process to register the NixOS trademark.
What's the process?
NixCon has a Pretix shop they use to sell tickets.
In order to have the Foundation be the fiscal host for the event, we will need to:
Needed to submit taxes etc. Rob currently does that but since he's leaving the board, we need another board member to be authorized.
There is no clear definition of what firmly belongs to the Nix ecosystem, what is "official" or merely "associated", and what is considered third-party.
Create a public report that covers all the donations and expenses operated by the NixOS foundation that is shared with the community.
The goal is part of our larger effort to make more parts of the foundation transparent.
For the few formal teams we have as well as generally on NixOS/nixpkgs the process is mostly implicit and unstructured.
Nixpkgs uses a magic issue where @domenkozar essentially hands out commit bits based on comments. The Nix team got into working mode after pestering @edolstra into setting up permissions. This
We are currently blocked on that in the @NixOS/documentation-team where we have to make up the process as we go, and have to resort to ask org owners ad hoc. It would be good to have something written down that the next generation of community members and team leads can refer to.
CODEOWNERS and establish the practice of team leads merging PRs approved by team membersThe advantage of this is what amounts to a hierarchy of responsibilities, where team leads can decide themselves who they trust with curating project boards and how much energy to spend on double checking their team members' reviews, but are ultimately responsible for merging changes.
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