Comment by RGBCube
1 year ago
Only one signer is in the top 200 contributors to Nixpkgs. That number is still the same even if you count signers in the top 500, too.
A group that _barely_ uses Nix wants to overthrow its creator. This is hilarious and I hope they don't win.
I see two signers in the top 6 displayed on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/graphs/contributors
> Only one signer is in the top 200 contributors to Nixpkgs. That number is still the same even if you count signers in the top 500, too.
An 18000 commit user just left NixOS FYI
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/major-nixpkgs-contributor-leav...
Also of note, several of the people casually name-dropped in the letter, are not signatories. As well as several of the folks that I have seen publicly express that displeasure with even the most recent sponsorship policy.
This to me, says a lot. I been around Nix. There are some names on that list that hurt, that will be missed, but I honestly expected worse, given the self-important tone and demands the letter contains.