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[Kiwi]

use nixos-unstable channel by default
improved and updated documentation
tested and documented installing on different DO Images
fix install on Debian (requires xz-utils)
fix networking.nix formatting
fix networking.nix (eth1) interface detection
use a few (not all! some are wrong!) shellcheck suggestions

Hi! I did this a long time ago but didn't get around to making a PR... and now there are conflicts I see and possibly a fix for something I fixed (debian 10). I can resolve that if you like if this is a PR you're interested in. am maybe also willing to work with to make it something you are if it's not good as is. I did a lot of other improvements too. I can remove the change to use nixos-unstable too as that's probably not what you want.

[elitak]

Yeah, I'd merge this if you could clear up the conflicts. Omit the nixos-unstable change.

I'm ambivalent about bloating up the file with documentation, but I suppose it's better to err on the side of too much, rather than too little.

Appreciate the help; thanks.

[DavHau]

Why do yo want to use the nixos-unstable branch by default? Wouldn't it be better do have the defaults as 'stable' as possible?

[Kiwi]

@DavHau i use nixos-unstable so that's what i had. :) simple as that. i'm modifying that part of it as i can appreciate that other people would rather have something else by default.

@elitak i'm working on resolving the conflicts right now. should i leave it at 19.09 or update it to 20.03 which was released yesterday? 😀

also: i'm a bit perplexed by this f5da257 which is what's conflicting. what i had was working for debian 10 on digital ocean. maybe other places it doesn't work?

[elitak]

Go with 20.03, if you're going to be testing it. You'd have to ask the other authors about why they changed what, I don't have any direct experience with those platforms.

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On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 7:38 AM Kiwi ***@***.***> wrote: @DavHau <https://github.com/DavHau> i use nixos-unstable so that's what i had. :) simple as that. i'm modifying that part of it as i can appreciate that other people would rather have something else by default. @elitak <https://github.com/elitak> i'm working on resolving the conflicts right now. should i leave it at 19.09 or update it to 20.03 which was released yesterday? 😀 also: i'm a bit perplexed by this f5da257 <f5da257> which is what's conflicting. what i had was working for debian 10 on digital ocean. maybe other places it doesn't work? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#52 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAF3YMOVPQ6TWLR5HXKPKATRNWVXDANCNFSM4MMTTYIQ> .

[manveru]

@Kiwi any update on this?

[Kiwi]

@Kiwi any update on this?

I haven't finished fixing the merge conflicts. I was thinking about this the other day though. I have a bit more time now than I did so I should get back to it soon (I haven't been doing much with it lately).