> but there are thousands of people who are making sure it just works.
Problem identified!
Nix doesn't just solve user-facing problems, it's first and foremost a solution for developers to package applications that should just work. You won't need thousands of people making sure a package works - but one. If it builds for him, it should be for everyone, by virtue of the fact he specifies exact dependencies and build instructions, and performs the build in a chrooted environment which should be reproducible exactly on a users machine.
Problem identified!
Nix doesn't just solve user-facing problems, it's first and foremost a solution for developers to package applications that should just work. You won't need thousands of people making sure a package works - but one. If it builds for him, it should be for everyone, by virtue of the fact he specifies exact dependencies and build instructions, and performs the build in a chrooted environment which should be reproducible exactly on a users machine.