xbar: init at 2.1.7-beta

[r17x]

Description of changes

Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
https://xbarapp.com/

Tested Compilations

1 package added:
xbar (init at 2.1.7-beta)

1 package built:
xbar

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandbox = true set in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 23.05 Release Notes (or backporting 22.11 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
  • (Release notes changes) Ran nixos/doc/manual/md-to-db.sh to update generated release notes
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

[r17x]

@Janik-Haag I read from maintainer-list.nix about invitation to the orgs. How to get invitation?

[Janik-Haag]

Hi, a bot invites you automatically once your maintainers entry object gets merged.
I have no time to review this pr, sorry (the label was added by a bot). You can ask on discourse or matrix for reviews.

[hraban]

Personally keen on seeing this happen but I don't think a binary distribution is the way for nixpkgs. My 2¢ fwiw.

[hraban]

Btw I had a look at how to compile this on OSX and apparently it requires nodejs (ok), go (ok), and "wails"? some kind of golang library which lets you write osx guis in go & html? It exists in nixpkgs, but currently linux only, which is ironic to say the least.

[hraban]

I'm going to change my original feedback about compiling from source being preferable on the basis that one of the dependencies for this isn't available for darwin in nixpkgs, it only works on linux. I don't think it's fair to make this PR contingent on fixing that, as well. It would be nice to add a comment, maybe?

"Downloading as binary package for now because compiling from source requires wails, which is currently only available for linux in nixpkgs."

What do y'all think?

[hraban]

I know it's old but it still builds and there are no merge conflicts. I just merged this into master locally, built and tested it, and it worked fine.

[nixos-discourse]

This pull request has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/prs-ready-for-review/1016/166