A call for Darwin maintainers

[domenkozar]

We'd really benefit from better coordination around fixing darwin/macOS packages.

We have darwin-maintainers team which is currently 7 members.

If you'd like to join the team, we're looking for help with the following:

• review and test open PRs
• participate in reducing the number of failing darwin packages

You're welcome to join MacOS+Nix community at https://matrix.to/#/#macos:nixos.org

If you need access to M1 community box see https://github.com/winterqt/darwin-build-box

Feel free to nominate yourself and help use bring macOS into a better state :)

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-call-for-darwin-maintainers/15985/1

[kloenk]

I would like to nominate myself, as I'm using an m1 Mac. The macOS sdk is a bit above my knowledge, but I can try to help with other things.

I'm currently in University though, so I have to see how much time I have. But Pinging me could help to remember me to do nixpkgs things :-)

[fiddlerwoaroof]

Hi, I’m interested, but I’m not sure how much time I have. Is there any list of good first issues? I have both Intel and M1 hardware.

[mstone]

I’m also interested, at least for the current personal planning horizon.

[domenkozar]

Invited all three, thanks a lot for helping out ❤️

[uri-canva]

I have access to both x86_64-darwin and aarch64-darwin, happy to help!

[mikroskeem]

I have aarch64-darwin (and x86_64-darwin, via Rosetta), happy to help as well.

[winterqt]

Hi! I have access to an aarch64-darwin machine and would be happy to help.

[prusnak]

Please add me as well. I have aarch64-darwin (and x86_64-darwin, via Rosetta).

[griff]

I have a x86_64-darwin and though I am very busy at the moment I will try and timebox an hour a day for helping with this.

[kevingriffin]

I'd be happy to help with my aarch64-darwin, and probably an Intel one somewhere too.

[thefloweringash]

I'd like to help out where I can.

[kira-bruneau]

I have a x86_64-darwin machine, and I'd be happy to help out when I can 🙂

[jonringer]

I would like to thank everyone who has volunteered, really helps.

I apologize ahead-of-time for spamming you all during ZHF :)

[kubukoz]

I have an x86_64 machine, M1 coming later in the month, happy to run checks but I don't know much about the underlying magic.

[olebedev]

I have x86_64 and M1 machines, I would be happy to help!

[willjr]

I'd also be happy to help!
I'm both a NixOS and MacOS user!

[samuela]

Happy to help any way I can!

[sikmir]

I use both NixOS and MacOS (x86_64), I'd like to help.

[smaret]

I can help too.

[groodt]

I'm happy to help. I'm x86_64-darwin and hopefully aarch64-darwin sometime in the future.

[domenkozar]

We've grown the @NixOS/darwin-maintainers team from 7 members to 27 in the last 24h.

That's an overwhelming response.

Thank you all for helping out!

[hexagonal-sun]

Happy to help with aarch64-darwin. I also have an outstanding PR that aims to improve the Nix experience on darwin machines by creating /Applications launchers for packages (see #131891). Thanks!

[starcraft66]

Hi! I have both x86_64-darwin and aarch64-darwin machines at my disposal and would be happy to help!

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-macos-monthly/12330/12

[domenkozar]

No criteria, help out and have fun. Added :)

[totoroot]

@domenkozar I've been using NixOS for a little over two years and Nix on x86_64-darwin for a few months now at work.
Recently I've started packaging and reviewing for darwin, so I'd like to become a darwin maintainer as well.

Edit: Soon an aarch64-darwin Mac Mini will move in as well :)

[CL0Pinette]

Hey,
I am using a mac M1. I'd love to contribute, I've used nix-darwin on my mac for 6 months.
I will also be able to help transposing packages from linux to darwin

[inclyc]

Hi NixOS folks! I am using a M1 macbook and currently using nix flakes on my system. I'd like to help with testing packages & reviewing PRs. I'm also working in the LLVM community (committer, clang, backends), if there are any toolchain issues please cc me :)

[domenkozar]

We really need help with maintaining GHC, two issues are blocking a lot of packages:

• haskell packages with separate bin outputs fail due to a reference cycle on aarch64-darwin #140774: the problem here is that dead code elimination in GHC isn't as good as on Linux, so we need to rewrite the Cabal patch to be maintainable
• cctools ld segfaults when linking haskellPackages.Agda (2.6.2 only?) #149692 here the linker segfaults, I've tried pinning a newer llvmPackages stdenv, but seems like linker always stays from llvmPackages_11.

[berryp]

Can't help with the Haskell work but happy to help anywhere else I can.

[milahu]

link is gone

We have darwin-maintainers team which is currently 7 members.

[Atemu]

@milahu pretty sure you must be in the NixOS org to see that link. I can see the 51 members: https://github.com/orgs/NixOS/teams/darwin-maintainers/members

[stepbrobd]

I'd love to help!
About 2 months into this new world with my old Intel MacBook and a new Apple Silicon MacBook.

[pupbrained]

Got an aarch64-darwin machine for helping out if needed :)
I could probably even help with aarch64-linux using Asahi NixOS.

[yamashitax]

I have aarch64-darwin. I can help maintain, test, and add new packages.

[0xMRTT]

I can help out with x86_64-darwin and x86_64-linux. I would be interested in becoming a package maintainer.

[n8henrie]

I'm relatively new but also interested in helping. Also on aarch64-darwin.

[yurrriq]

I've pinged the Nix guild at work, where there are some Darwin users.

[Eliot00]

I have both intel macbook and m2 mac mini, I would like to help.

[emilazy]

I would be happy to get darwin-maintainers pings and try to help fix breakage that looks tractable, although I know better than to promise reliable responses or to guarantee I'll spend time actively scouting for issues/PRs that don't affect me. My aarch64-darwin machine is currently broken but I have access to x86_64-darwin and x86_64-linux. I have worked on Darwin issues in the past (e.g. #137605, #137741, #137870, #137942 (stalled out, alas), #238791).

[cidkidnix]

Hey I work at @obsidiansystems and we use darwin/MacOS quite a bit commercially (mostly for iOS),

Besides our use I'm happy to step up to help maintain mostly the haskell side of things with Darwin

[khaneliman]

I use nix to manage my mac configuration and have been trying to add / fix darwin support in derivations. You can add me to the list, too.

[iFreilicht]

I would also like to be added to the list. I've only just opened my first darwin-specific PR but have gotten other PRs merged in the past, either as author or as tester.

[heywoodlh]

I would be happy to also be added to this list, have opened a couple of MacOS-specific PRs in the past few months. 😄

[DontEatOreo]

I would like to help also! I daily drive aarch64-darwin on M1 Mac Mini

[siriobalmelli]

I'd like to volunteer.

Recently went all-in and I'm now running nix-darwin and home-manager on both aarch64-darwin and x86_64-darwin.

[matteo-pacini]

@domenkozar Would like to help too, I have access to both aarch64-darwin and x86_64-darwin machines.

Made a few PRs already, adding Darwin support to a few packages:
#318047
#318535
#319268

Also a few iOS developement tools I use at work:
#318906
#317561

Some are still in review:
#320122
#321219
#321539
#321607

[afh]

Happy to be part of the Nix Darwin maintainers if helpful for the team 👋🙂.

I too have access to aarch64-darwin (daily driver) and x86_64-darwin and have contributed a few darwin related improvements to nixpkgs, for details see list of PRs created (13) and PRs reviewed (9) by me and labeled 6.topic darwin.

[domenkozar]

For same reasons I resigned in #50105 (comment), until moderation actions improve I'm no longer going to spend time here.