@nixos_org @nzbr

While we're on the topic: work on minimal-bootstrap in #nixpkgs has actually been picked up again since this thesis was written (October 2025).

Not only that but, as of a few hours ago, the PR implementing the last step of hooking it up to become the actual bootstrap stdenv in Nixpkgs has been merged!

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/479322

#fullsourcebootstrap #reproduciblebuilds #stage0 #minimalbootstrap #bootstrappablebuilds

@lrvick Hi! I’m not sure what the “GNU way of doing things” is but Guix has a long track record regarding #bootstrapping and #ReproducibleBuilds and is used in production:
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/tags/bootstrapping/

(The “like no distro before it” punchline on the stagex home page is… questionable.)

That said, it’s good news that more distros are joining Guix and live-bootstrap on this journey!

@rekahsoft

@nixos_org @nzbr

While we're on the topic: work on minimal-bootstrap in #nixpkgs has actually been picked up again since this thesis was written (October 2025).

Not only that but, as of a few hours ago, the PR implementing the last step of hooking it up to become the actual bootstrap stdenv in Nixpkgs has been merged!

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/479322

#fullsourcebootstrap #reproduciblebuilds #stage0 #minimalbootstrap #bootstrappablebuilds