mechtaev

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Comment · 4 years ago
Disclaimer: I am a co-author of Modus.

Modus is not really an alternative to Nix as a package manager, but to Nix as a language. It has several advantages, for example, it is non-Turing-complete, so there can not be infinite loops, and its definitions are more concise thanks to its logic programming foundations.

Saying that, I agree that an integration with package managers can be beneficial for reproducibility. This is the area of our current research.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Hey HN, we are happy to announce Modus, a language for building Docker/OCI container images. Modus uses logic programming to express interactions among build parameters, specify complex build workflows, automatically parallelise and cache builds, help to reduce image size, and simplify maintenance. Modus is distributed under AGPL-3.0. The current version, 0.1, is a preview release; it is not recommended for production use. Feedback is welcome!
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