Today I was writing elixir code the first time in my life, to convert mix.lock to json, for later processing and converting to guix package definitions.

One of the problems I faced is a lack of specification of lock file format.

I still have a few questions, but having sha256 in lock files is very promising. We will be able to generate package definitions for the whole project without accessing network.

I was using mix2nix as a foundation:
https://github.com/ydlr/mix2nix

#elixir #nix #guix #erlang