fider: init at 0.24.0

[niklaskorz]

Continuing the previous PR #313713 by @drupol.
Closes #313705.

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[niklaskorz]

@drupol Package and module are functioning now, I'm running a test instance at https://fider.korz.dev/ (feel free to sign up and click around)

Do you still want to co-maintain the Fider package and module or shall I remove you from the maintainers lists?

Next steps would then be bringing the module options into shape for easier configuration and for setting up reverse proxies.

[drupol]

Excellent work, thanks for taking it over, I wonder what was the issue with my initial PR !

You can leave me co-maintainer, I don't mind.

[niklaskorz]

Excellent work, thanks for taking it over, I wonder what was the issue with my initial PR !

The blocking issue you described in getfider/fider#1168 I was able to fix by performing the copy of etc in the installPhase and then patching out the runtime copy (see 0001-disable-etc-copy.patch).

You can leave me co-maintainer, I don't mind.

Great, thanks :)

Summary of changes from your PR:

• refactored package to allow easy overrides of version, server, frontend, ...
• fixed the etc copy issue
• added example config to NixOS module options
• added release notes

I think this is ready to go for the initial release. I'll add settings for configuring reverse proxies and for type-checked settings (instead of having to specify everything in environment / environmentFile) in a follow-up PR.

[niklaskorz]

(running nixpkgs-review for package builds and NixOS tests atm, will post results when done)

[drupol]

Maybe you should add a comment explaining why the patch is needed, plus a link to the issue.

[niklaskorz]

Actually let me have another look at the copy mechanism, I went through the code again just now and wonder if there is a better solution than disabling it... (will report back later)

[drupol]

OK I’ll follow it.

[niklaskorz]

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aarch64-linux

⏩ 2 packages blacklisted:

• nixos-install-tools
• tests.nixos-functions.nixos-test

✅ 1 package built:

• fider

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x86_64-darwin

✅ 1 package built:

• fider

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aarch64-darwin

✅ 1 package built:

• fider