pynixd

Contents

• pynixd in the nanopynix umbrella
  • Ownership boundary
  • Compatibility contract during the transition
  • Daemon protocol package
  • Staged convergence
  • Integration acceptance checks
• Daemon Protocol Implementation
  • Supported protocol versions
  • Deserialization diagnostics
  • How it works
  • Base classes
  • Wire type dispatch
  • Version constraints
  • Conditional fields
  • Custom serialization
  • Stderr stream
  • Type reference

Working notes. Each one records what was tried and what the daemon actually does, which is why they are here rather than in a commit message.

Notes

• Deferred Derivation Resolution — Approaches Tried
• How AI can rebuild my system to iterate on pynixd as a system daemon
• Goal
• Store::queryMissing
• Build re-entrancy: delegating the goal system to a real Nix
• NIX_REMOTE, --store, --eval-store Interaction
• Nix Daemon Trusted-User Gating

Designs: options weighed against measurements, and the one recommended.

Design

• Upgrading pynixd without losing builds