Proposal: Upstream knot and spindle packages and modules to nixpkgs #317

Motivation#

Currently, knot and spindle are consumed via the repository's flake. Upstreaming them to nixos/nixpkgs would simplify deployment for NixOS users by eliminating the custom flake input requirement and leveraging standard Hydra binary caches.

Context from current flake.nix#

The repository already does the heavy lifting:

• Derivations: knot and spindle are properly isolated in ./nix/pkgs/.
• Modules: NixOS modules already exist in ./nix/modules/.

Implementation Path#

Since nixpkgs strictly uses buildGoModule instead of gomod2nix:

1. Translate the gomod2nix package definitions to buildGoModule (generating vendorHash).
2. Port the existing NixOS modules to nixpkgs module standards.
3. Keep the local flake for bleeding-edge development, but optionally use the upstreamed nixpkgs derivations as a base.

Would the maintainers be open to this, and should I open a PR to nixpkgs to start the process?

(I was helped by Gemini to write this)