nix-zulip

This repository packages Zulip for Nix and NixOS.

Updating

1. Bump the version in the zulip-server package and the other dependencies (you can use nix-update for that)

2. Check if any dependency changed from the upstream pyproject.toml

3. [Optional] Compare version requirements from uv.lock and

4. Create a new patchset using lappverk. A typical workflow looks like (for 11.2 -> 11.4 update):

   pushd nix/packages/zulip-server
   lappverk checkout @/patches-11.2
   lappverk init patch-series @/patches-11.4 --base 11.4
   pushd $(lappverk checkout nix/packages/zulip-server/patches-11.4)
   git cherry-pick lappverk/base/patches-11.2..lappverk/patches-11.2
   
   # resolve (or --skip) any conflicts that come up, as per usual...
   # then, once the whole series has been cherry-picked
   
   lappverk export @/patches-11.4
   popd
   popd
   

   This workflow is encoded in the lappverk-start-rebase OLD_TAG NEW_TAG and lappverk-finish-rebase bash functions exported by the shell.

5. Run the tests with engage