Change nix flake input to build from source

[Kathund]

With the nature of this project being very "new" and having a very fast commit to release speed (from what I can see) is there any reason why I can't change the way the current nix flake thats inside this repo work?

I want to change it to build from source (as in latest commit from time if import)
currently spotatui is already packaged inside nixpkgs (nix package manager) and seams to be ahead (it's on 0.37.0 while loading the flake gives me 0.36.3-debug.1) compared to the flake that's setup for this repo. A lot of the time when a flake is inside a repo and it's also packaged on nixpkgs it's because people want to run on the bleeding edge and have it built from source

[LargeModGames]

I am not familiar with how nixos or flake works so I let contributers make the changes. I could dive into the documentation and see how things could be changed but if you have more experience with flake it would be appreciated if you would be willing to help

[LargeModGames]

Actually i think its much easier than what i thought. The version in the flake file is hardcoded but could probably be updated with the cd workflow.

This would work for releases but not for latest commits

[Kathund]

I can pr updating the flake to build from source instead of a release if you would like. That was semi the main reason for this. Just wanting to confirm if you are fine with people "daily driving" a build from source or that it was planned to be on latest release

[LargeModGames]

yes im totally fine with people daily driving from source, there obviously is a small increase in possible bugs but it should not be very noticeable as I test everything before committing to main

[LordMZTE]

Maintainer of the nixpkgs package here. We could consider removing the flake entirely or referring to the upstream package in the README. That way, people will have an easier time installing spotatui. If someone wants to use the master branch, they can still do so using the nixpkgs package and an overlay. While this is a little bit less convenient, it would save us the maintenance burden of the flake.

Would a PR adjusting the README's installation instruction to use the package from nixpkgs be welcome?

[Kathund]

Idk personally I have always found using overlays more annoying then just loading a flake from the repo if there is one. At the same time there is also a lot of people who use unstable compared release (as in 26-05 or 25-11 ect) so it won't be "as bad"

I wouldn't mind changing the README to link back to the nixpkgs and just keep the flake around but at that point theirs no real need for the flake because as you said overlays exist