ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble
Description
This commitment comprises advancing Nimble as a robust replacement for Nimbus build system while enhancing its overall functionality. In Q2 we will focus on resolver improvements and solver architecture work that are also relevant for Logos package-manager efforts. The emphasis is on improving correctness, maintainability, and user-facing error quality.
Task List
Nimble 1.0.0
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble:nimble-1.0.0 - owner: Juan
- status: not started
- start-date: 2026/04/01
- end-date: 2026/06/30
Description
All the relevant information can be found in this GitHub issue. This remains the short-term roadmap for replacing pieces of the Nimbus build system bit by bit while improving Nimble overall.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Resolver Improvements
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble:resolver-improvements - owner: Juan
- status: not started
- start-date: 2026/04/01
- end-date: 2026/05/15
Description
- Improve the current Nimble resolver implementation.
- Capture the relevant learnings that can inform work on the Logos package manager.
- Keep the work aligned with Nimble’s short-term roadmap of replacing parts of the Nimbus build system incrementally.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
SAT Solver Review and PubGrub Evaluation
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble:sat-solver-pubgrub-evaluation - owner: Juan
- status: not started
- start-date: 2026/05/01
- end-date: 2026/06/15
Description
- Review the current SAT solver implementation and investigate replacing it with PubGrub, as used in Dart.
- The main motivation is to improve the quality of dependency-resolution errors, which are currently too hard to understand in practice.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
MinVer Implementation for Version Extremity Testing
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble:minver-version-extremity-testing - owner: Juan
- status: not started
- start-date: 2026/05/15
- end-date: 2026/06/15
Description
- Implement a MinVer-style capability for version extremity testing in Nimble.
- Support testing libraries against both the newest and oldest versions permitted by their
requiresranges. - This should make it easier to validate version-range behavior systematically instead of only testing the latest allowed dependency set.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Application Packaging Support
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:nim:ift:2026q2-nimble:application-packaging - owner: Juan
- status: not started
- start-date: 2026/06/01
- end-date: 2026/06/30
Description
- Improve packaging support so Nimble applications can be distributed more easily as ready-made binaries and installers.
- Explore how to turn the ideas proven in Nora, Status Desktop, and related efforts into a more straightforward “packaging for dummies” workflow for Nim applications, including targets such as Android apps, AppImage, and NSIS installers.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports