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[Feature]: Nix Cache #1083
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It would be cool if there was a Nix cache so that running nix run github:getopenscreen/openscreen or integrating this flake into one's one Nix files, as I have for my https://nixfiles.vorburger.ch/reference/openscreen, would not cause (massive) local compile times as it currently does.
There are probably a couple of different ways for going about this?
@EtienneLescot bonjour! Are you a Nix user yourself? Are there any Nix-using active contributors to this project?
Describe the solution you'd like
I guess ideally https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&query=openscreen would be switched over from @siddharthvaddem https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen over to this https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen ...
... @Renna42 as the current maintainer would you possibly be open to this?
Describe alternatives you've considered
An alternative to nixpkgs could be to use one of those couple of availble "SaaS" Cache services that I know exist.
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Renna42 commentedon Oct 9, 2026
I'm not the really maintainer now so I probably couldn't be much helps for this
vorburger commentedon Oct 10, 2026
@EtienneLescot just noticed that you tagged this as help wanted, and will interpret this as interest for contribution.
Ideally "upstream" in
nixpkgs, not here. Next Step: Let me wait and see if the trival NixOS/nixpkgs#572221 will eventually get reviewed and merged.If yes, I'll see if I can follow-up to actually switch that from
siddharthvaddem/openscreentogetopenscreen/openscreen...EtienneLescot commentedon Oct 10, 2026
Thanks @vorburger. Our flake builds green on main, so the compile time is the only issue. We'd welcome nixpkgs tracking getopenscreen/openscreen: that also gives NixOS users the official binary cache. Happy to review anything on our side, and ping us when a release lands.