policy: Nix is not a fallback — align the stragglers with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1 - #671
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WalkthroughThe change standardises reproducible-build guidance on Guix. It removes Nix fallback references from standards, policies, setup guides, and repository listings. Registry hashes were regenerated for the affected specification homes. ChangesGuix-only reproducibility
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR makes repository guidance Guix-only, but the current head still leaves compliance paths that can accept Nix-only repositories, while some setup instructions may resolve the wrong Guix file or create an empty environment. These concrete correctness and developer-environment risks should be fixed before merging. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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Pull Request Overview
The PR successfully aligns the documentation estate with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1 by removing Nix fallback references and standardizing on Guix. Codacy analysis indicates the changes are up to standards with no new quality issues reported.
One significant issue was identified in the applicability policy: while Nix patterns were removed, the policy now only monitors 'build/guix.scm', ignoring the root-level 'guix.scm' used in the updated repository layout examples. This should be addressed to ensure the 'reproducible-build' gate continues to function correctly for standard repository structures.
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- Verify development quickstart re-indexes correctly without gaps after Nix removal.
- Verify contributing guides for both root and k9-svc project use guix commands.
- Verify RSR v2 criteria manifest correctly describes Guix as the sole primary requirement.
- Verify registry source hashes are updated to match the modified documentation.
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| | service e2e, `.github/workflows/e2e.yml` | `api-service` | ||
| | `container/`, `Containerfile` | `container` | ||
| | `build/guix.scm`, `flake.nix`, `.guix-channel` | `reproducible-build` | ||
| | `build/guix.scm`, `.guix-channel` | `reproducible-build` |
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Add the root-level guix.scm pattern to the applicability policy to ensure correct detection of reproducible builds in repositories following the standard layout.
| | `build/guix.scm`, `.guix-channel` | `reproducible-build` | |
| `guix.scm`, `build/guix.scm`, `.guix-channel` | `reproducible-build` |
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.adoc`:
- Around line 5-7: Replace the bare Guix command with guix shell -D -f guix.scm
in CONTRIBUTING.adoc and QUICKSTART-DEV.adoc; in k9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adoc, use
guix shell -D -f ../guix.scm after entering k9-svc.
Apply the same fix in `@k9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adoc` at line 35.
In `@TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc`:
- Line 76: Remove Nix-based success paths for reproducible-build enforcement:
update TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc at lines 76 and 109, EXPLAINME.adoc at
line 54, .machine_readable/template-capability-gates.toml, and
hypatia-rules/rsr-self-compliance.a2ml so flake.nix is no longer accepted as
alternative or fallback evidence. Only retain a time-bounded exception if it is
documented and enforced consistently with scripts/check-package-policy.sh.
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GitHub Actions: Governance / 1_governance _ Security policy checks.txt: policy: Nix is not a fallback — align the stragglers with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1
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GitHub Actions: Governance / 4_governance _ Check Workflow Staleness.txt: policy: Nix is not a fallback — align the stragglers with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1
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GitHub Actions: Governance / 8_governance _ Well-Known (RFC 9116 + RSR).txt: policy: Nix is not a fallback — align the stragglers with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1
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GitHub Actions: Governance / 11_governance _ Workflow security linter.txt: policy: Nix is not a fallback — align the stragglers with LANGUAGE-POLICY §2.1
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rhodium-standard-repositories/spec/rsr-criteria-v2.a2ml (1)
92-92: LGTM!ROADMAP.adoc (1)
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- 4: https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/guix-shell-guix-scm-vs-manifest-scm-and-reproducible-builds/1735
- 5: https://guix.gnu.org/es/blog/2021/from-guix-environment-to-guix-shell/
- 6: https://lists.endsoftwarepatents.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2021-10/msg00609.html
- 7: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2021-10/msg00927.html
- 8: https://yhetil.org/guix-patches/20211018195219.13898-5-ludo@gnu.org/
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.adoc` around lines 5 - 7, Replace the bare Guix command with
guix shell -D -f guix.scm in CONTRIBUTING.adoc and QUICKSTART-DEV.adoc; in
k9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adoc, use guix shell -D -f ../guix.scm after entering
k9-svc.
Apply the same fix in `@k9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adoc` at line 35.
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| | `published-package` | it publishes to a registry (crates.io / Hackage / JSR). | ||
| | `container` | it ships a container image. | ||
| | `reproducible-build` | it provides a Guix/Nix reproducible build. | ||
| | `reproducible-build` | it provides a Guix reproducible build. |
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Remove Nix success paths from the enforcement data.
The cited documentation is Guix-only, but .machine_readable/template-capability-gates.toml still treats flake.nix as an alternative for reproducible-build. scripts/check-rsr-profile.sh evaluates | alternatives with OR semantics, so a Nix-only repository can pass this gate. hypatia-rules/rsr-self-compliance.a2ml also requires flake.nix as R-031 fallback evidence. Remove these Nix entries, or document and enforce a time-bounded exception consistent with scripts/check-package-policy.sh.
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.
In `@TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc` at line 76, Remove Nix-based success
paths for reproducible-build enforcement: update
TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc at lines 76 and 109, EXPLAINME.adoc at line
54, .machine_readable/template-capability-gates.toml, and
hypatia-rules/rsr-self-compliance.a2ml so flake.nix is no longer accepted as
alternative or fallback evidence. Only retain a time-bounded exception if it is
documented and enforced consistently with scripts/check-package-policy.sh.
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Owner ruling 2026-08-27: remove Nix entirely; Guix only.
This is not a new rule. LANGUAGE-POLICY.adoc 2.1 already says, and has said
since 2026-06-01:
Nix was retired estate-wide on 2026-06-01. It is not a tier and not a
fallback.
hardened by a further owner ruling on 2026-07-28 that Nix flakes are to be
thrown out of the estate. Six other documents simply never caught up, so the
governing set contradicted itself: one file retired Nix while five others still
offered it as a supported option, and CONTRIBUTING.adoc positively RECOMMENDED
it ("Using Nix (recommended for reproducibility)").
Measured before changing anything: flake.nix exists in 0 of 381 local repos;
guix.scm in 178. Nothing is stranded by this.
QUICKSTART-DEV.adoc drop "Option B: Nix (fallback)"; Manual becomes B
QUICKSTART-MAINTAINER.adoc drop the Nix packaging section and the optional-nix line
CONTRIBUTING.adoc "Using Nix (recommended)" -> Guix; flake.nix -> guix.scm
k9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adoc same two corrections
TEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adoc "Guix/Nix reproducible build" -> Guix; drop flake.nix from the gate row
EXPLAINME.adoc "Nix flakes as fallback" -> "Reproducible builds via Guix"
ROADMAP.adoc drop flake.nix from the artefact list
criterion 1.2.1 "...; Nix fallback only" -> "...(Guix only)"
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REMOVE verdicts have a measured ~100% over-call rate. Removal is a per-repo
judgement made while already working in that repo, never a sweep. This commit
changes documentation only.
* The rhodium-standard-repositories/ v1.0 material (RSR-AUDIT-GUIDE.adoc,
PROJECT-STATUS.adoc, its CONTRIBUTING.adoc and README.adoc). RSR-SPEC-v2
records that v1.0's criteria legitimately required Nix flakes, so those files
correctly describe a frozen earlier spec. "Correcting" them would falsify the
historical record — the same mistake as renumbering the frozen
spec.scm/compliance-criteria.scm. Flagged, not swept.
* LANGUAGE-POLICY.adoc itself still names Nix, which is correct: it is the
clause that retires it.
Verified: hypatia's SSOT-parsing suites pass unchanged (24 tests, 0 failures);
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home, and `just registry-check` reports in sync. The matching fixture copy is
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Owner ruling 2026-08-27: remove Nix entirely; Guix only.
This is not a new rule
LANGUAGE-POLICY.adoc§2.1 has said so since 2026-06-01:and was hardened by a further owner ruling on 2026-07-28 that Nix flakes are to be thrown out of the estate.
Six other documents never caught up, so the governing set contradicted itself: one file retired Nix while five others still offered it as a supported option — and
CONTRIBUTING.adocpositively recommended it ("Using Nix (recommended for reproducibility)"). An agent reading contributor onboarding got the retired answer.Measured before changing anything
flake.nixguix.scmNothing is stranded by this.
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QUICKSTART-DEV.adocQUICKSTART-MAINTAINER.adocCONTRIBUTING.adocflake.nix→guix.scmk9-svc/CONTRIBUTING.adocTEMPLATE-APPLICABILITY-POLICY.adocflake.nixfrom the gate rowEXPLAINME.adocROADMAP.adocflake.nixfrom the artefact list1.2.1"…; Nix fallback only"→"…(Guix only)"Deliberately NOT touched
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flake.nixis deleted. §2.1 carries an explicit warning: campaign #102 hand-diffed 277 candidates and removed exactly one, and fan-out REMOVE verdicts have a measured ~100% over-call rate. Removal is a per-repo judgement made while already working in that repo, never a sweep. This is documentation only.The
rhodium-standard-repositories/v1.0 material —RSR-AUDIT-GUIDE.adoc,PROJECT-STATUS.adoc, itsCONTRIBUTING.adocandREADME.adoc.RSR-SPEC-v2records that v1.0's criteria legitimately required Nix flakes, so those files correctly describe a frozen earlier spec. "Correcting" them would falsify the historical record — the same mistake as renumbering the frozenspec.scm/compliance-criteria.scm. Flagged, not swept.LANGUAGE-POLICY.adocitself still names Nix, which is correct: it is the clause that retires it.Verification
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