fmt_9: init at 9.0.0

[panicgh]

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• upstream release with new features and many bugfixes
• fix for the homepage (was a http-only server which redirects to the current homepage)

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[IvarWithoutBones]

Hmm, creating seperate attribute paths for all new releases doesn't seem the greatest. It was originally done for version 8 as many packages broke with the update, but (AFAIK?) that shouldn't be the case with this update.

The packages still using version 7 should get updated to the latest, so that we can remove it.

For now I suppose this is fine, maybe we should also introduce a temporary fmt_latest attribute which we can switch other packages to?

[panicgh]

Thanks for the comment. I updated the commit as per your suggestion to fmt_latest.

Result of nixpkgs-review run on x86_64-linux 1

1 package built:

• fmt_latest

I tried also fmt_8 -> fmt_latest and did a nixpkgs-review, but many packages would become broken (it may look similar for fmt_7). So I think it must be done gradually and per package:

3 packages marked as broken and skipped:
libsForQt512.plasma-vault libsForQt514.plasma-vault lizardfs

51 packages failed to build:
contour cryfs gerbera gnss-sdr gnuradio gnuradioMinimal gnuradio3_9Packages.gnuradio hal-hardware-analyzer irods irods-icommands kodi kodi-gbm kodi-wayland kodiPackages.a4ksubtitles kodiPackages.archive_tool kodiPackages.iagl kodiPackages.inputstream-adaptive kodiPackages.inputstream-ffmpegdirect kodiPackages.inputstream-rtmp kodiPackages.invidious kodiPackages.joystick kodiPackages.kodi-platform kodiPackages.libretro kodiPackages.libretro-genplus kodiPackages.libretro-mgba kodiPackages.libretro-snes9x kodiPackages.netflix kodiPackages.pvr-hdhomerun kodiPackages.pvr-hts kodiPackages.pvr-iptvsimple kodiPackages.steam-controller kodiPackages.vfs-libarchive kodiPackages.vfs-sftp libsForQt5.plasma-vault openroad python310Packages.qiskit python310Packages.qiskit-aer python310Packages.qiskit-finance python310Packages.qiskit-ibmq-provider python310Packages.qiskit-ignis python310Packages.qiskit-nature python310Packages.qiskit-optimization python39Packages.qiskit python39Packages.qiskit-aer python39Packages.qiskit-finance python39Packages.qiskit-ibmq-provider python39Packages.qiskit-ignis python39Packages.qiskit-nature python39Packages.qiskit-optimization vowpal-wabbit waybar

27 packages built:
ananicy-cpp bear cherrytree coeurl dwarfs easyeffects far2l fmt_latest folly furnace mariadb_107 mariadb_108 micromamba mtxclient nheko nrfutil pc-ble-driver pynitrokey python310Packages.pc-ble-driver-py python310Packages.vowpalwabbit python39Packages.pc-ble-driver-py python39Packages.vowpalwabbit spdlog wasmedge wdt yuzu-early-access yuzu-mainline

Should fmt_latest and the possible bumps fmt_x -> fmt_latest in various packages be backported to 22.05?

[bachp]

What about adding fmt_9 and then at some point do fmt = fmt_9?

[panicgh]

Ok, now I'm trying to satisfy both sides: I reintroduced fmt_9 and made an fmt_latest = fmt_9 alias.

New packages can start using fmt_latest. Then later, someone makes a new PR for

• going through all packages with fmt and pin them in .overrides to fmt = fmt_(7|8|9|latest) (similar to jdk: point attributes without version suffix to latest #89731)
• point fmt = fmt_(9|latest) in all-packages.nix
• remove fmt_latest and replace every usage with fmt or remove the override