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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/deprecate-online-flake-registry.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/deprecate-online-flake-registry.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eb2a9e544 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/rl-next/deprecate-online-flake-registry.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +--- +synopsis: "Deprecate the online flake registries and vendor the default registry" +cls: 1127 +credits: midnightveil +issues: [fj#183, fj#110, fj#116, 8953, 9087] +category: Breaking Changes +--- + +The online flake registry [https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json](https://channels.nixos.org/flake-registry.json) is not pinned in any way, +and the targets of the indirections can both update or change entirely at any +point. Furthermore, it is refetched on every use of a flake reference, even if +there is a local flake reference, and even if you are offline (which breaks). + +For now, we deprecate the (any) online flake registry, and vendor a copy of the +current online flake registry. This makes it work offline, and ensures that +it won't change in the future. |