| 12 Jan 2024 |
 infinisil | So if Nixpkgs links from stdenv.mkDerivation's docs to the ones for derivation, in the derivation docs you'd see a little "this page is linked to from the stdenv.mkDerivation docs" link | 01:12:48 |
 @qyriad:matrix.org | In reply to @infinisil:matrix.org
9999years: I think it's more that Nix is the underlying foundation, Nixpkgs is based on Nix, and NixOS is based on Nixpkgs this helps you understand how the Nix ecosystem is implemented, not how it's used or how and why it's useful | 01:13:33 |
 @9999years:matrix.org | i mean it would certainly be useful to say in the nix manual "derivation is used to implement higher-level packaging tools like stdenv.mkDerivation in nixpkgs" | 01:13:47 |
