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Update wording around upstream Nix
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22 changes: 12 additions & 10 deletions src/cli/subcommand/install/determinate.rs
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Expand Up @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ const PRE_PKG_SUGGEST: &str = "For a more robust Nix installation, use the Deter
const INSTALL_DETERMINATE_NIX_PROMPT: &str = "\
Install Determinate Nix?

It has stable flakes, lazy trees, parallel evaluation, and more.
It offers stable flakes, lazy trees, parallel evaluation, a wide variety of developer experience improvements, and more.

Selecting 'no' will install upstream Nix, which comes from NixOS.org.\
Selecting 'no' installs upstream Nix, which comes from nixos.org.\
";

const DETERMINATE_MSG_EXPLAINER: &str = "\
Determinate Nix is Determinate Systems' validated and secure downstream Nix distribution for enterprises. \
It is the direct result of our work to ship meaningful user experience and reliability improvements to Nix.
It comes bundled with Determinate Nixd, a helpful daemon that automates some otherwise-unpleasant aspects of using Nix, such as garbage collection, and enables you to easily authenticate with FlakeHub.
This distribution enables us to ship user experience and reliability improvements to Nix on an accelerated schedule and independently of community decision-making processes.
It comes bundled with Determinate Nixd, a helpful daemon that automates some otherwise-unpleasant aspects of using Nix, such as configuration and garbage collection, and enables you to easily authenticate with FlakeHub.

For more details: https://dtr.mn/determinate-nix\
";
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eprintln!();
eprintln!(
"{} The Determinate Nix Installer will stop distributing upstream Nix no sooner than {}.",
"{} The Determinate Nix Installer will stop distributing upstream Nix from the {} GitHub repo on {}.",
"NixOS/nix".italic(),
"Important:".bold().red().italic(),
"January 1, 2026".italic()
);

eprintln!("\n{}", "Timeline".bold().underline());

eprintln!(
"* {}: we are changing the installer to default to Determinate Nix.",
"* {}: the installer will begin to default to Determinate Nix.",
"November 10".bold()
);
eprintln!(
" You can add the `{}` flag now to keep upstream Nix as the default.",
" After this date, you'll need to apply the `{}` flag to install upstream Nix as the default.",
"--prefer-upstream-nix".italic()
);
eprintln!(
"* {}: we are removing support for installing upstream Nix.",
"* {}: installing upstream Nix will no longer be supported.",
"January 1".bold()
);
eprintln!(
" The `{}` flag will not have an effect any longer.",
" The `{}` flag will no longer have any effect.",
"--prefer-upstream-nix".italic()
);

eprintln!(
"\nThe DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action GitHub Action is also affected.\n"
"\nThe {} GitHub Action is also affected.\n",
"DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action".italic()
);
eprintln!(
"{} https://determinate.systems/blog/installer-dropping-upstream/",
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