nix-universal-prefetch: init at 0.4.0

[squalus]

Description of changes

This package was deleted in 578d7e7. This broke the Electron update script.

This fixes the Electron update script.

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• 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/)
• 24.11 Release Notes (or backporting 23.11 and 24.05 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
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[squalus]

cc @yayayayaka and @teutat3s (Electron maintainers)

[Frontear]

Does this have any issues with licensing, as afaik this was samueldr's script, whom since does not wish to participate in the community.

I just think it's potentially disrespectful to his wishes at best and potentially license violating at worst.

EDIT: Okay so its MIT so its not particularly license violating, but I do feel it might be a bit disrespectful to his wishes. Maybe the script should be reworked to not depend on it?

[squalus]

Does this have any issues with licensing, as afaik this was samueldr's script, whom since does not wish to participate in the community.

I just think it's potentially disrespectful to his wishes at best and potentially license violating at worst

No problem with licensing that I'm aware of, since it's an MIT license.

I cannot comment on the other issues. This is just a fix for some breakage that I found while trying to get a newer version of Electron working (v31).

[Frontear]

I'd like some community feedback before this gets merged, hopefully some people stop by and comment their opinion.

[teutat3s]

I'd like to try a solution like #322179 taking this as an opportunity.

[squalus]

Thanks for the link to the issue. I was unaware that there was a prior discussion. I also updated the PR to point to the version with intact git history.

I favor merging this PR so the update script can be fixed, since it's already been broken for some weeks.

If the update script is changed to use something else, I don't think there is a need for this PR or the package anymore.

[squalus]

Here's another option for fixing the script: #326364