Valentin Gagarin
1681f4e9f3
better explain reference scanning
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fa7ad4593d
explain store directory
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
f632816cba
add explanation and examples of file system objects
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
84ddfbf8fd
remove diagonal from operations diagram
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
93f721b0d2
remove draft on derivations
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
19d8a5d839
move first mention of file system object before diagram
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a90fc62b61
make clear that file system is for processes
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Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7993ba1f38
constrain garbage collection scope
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garbage collection is now incremental, and may (in theory) never delete all unreferenced objects if it is slow enough.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
195aa28ff7
references are added according to build task
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at this level of abstraction we do not really care about build instructions or what they are, and also build instructions including their arguments really amount to the build task.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
80de4a4804
operations diagram: store' to the right
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this also looks more diverse, hopefully easier to distinguish
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <John.Ericson@Obsidian.Systems>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
3794618cce
add commas between output values
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7b7e4c6340
use singular to match section heading
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e63a768e21
use reference links for URLs
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
843288a451
add subsections for objects and references
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group description of data instead of spreading it across the section.
that should help direct skimming. as it turns out, people do not
actually read any of that.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4341849193
move closure property to discussion references
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
445f753a82
replace pseudo code by diagrams
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change prose description to visually resemble the data structure
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
db8703bcac
use reference links for URLs
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4adb6602bd
clarify first sentence on store objects
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4eb11d4592
fix grammar for clarity
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b84f2bdfdd
introduce mapping to Unix files and processes
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
207992a71d
introduce store and store objects without file system details
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this leaves open implementation details, especially about store paths
and file system objects, and allows explaining them together were it is
more appropriate. also leaves room to carefully introduce the key
insight behind Nix: applying results from programming language theory to
the operating system paradigm of files and processes.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e72a7874dc
beautify rosetta table
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while this may eventually introduce ugly diffs, the table will now
render readably on the terminal (e.g. for `man nix` or `nix --help`)
without further intervention.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b6b112b366
use reference links for URLs
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d5eea66615
introduce build tasks
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while it appears a bit much for the overview, this way we set the stage
for going directly into data types when describing the store, instead of
first having to say what build tasks are and how they relate to build
plans.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7c3bca1372
revert to build plans in top-level overview
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do not introduce build tasks yet, that is the next level of detail.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
4639b36b53
use reference links for URLs
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
2303f84a68
revert to "build plan" in overview diagram
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this displays correct composition again. build inputs and build results
are not part of build plans in terms of data objects.
also this is a much less complicated setup. this will be the first
impression of architecture, and we want to get it right.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
25926c5fc6
Nix store does not underly literally everything
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Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
0e63b9bf88
add link from overview to store section
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the overview should only link to the three main concepts presented. the
store is now fairly fleshed out. others can follow later.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ef81276cc1
architecture overview: add link to command line reference
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
68d26010f6
architecture overview: add link to Nix expression language reference
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update summary title to match file contents
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
75ce324052
use singular for class names consistently
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
689b32a543
clarify relation of tasks and plans
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
2a8532fb61
build rule -> build task
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closer to "build systems a la carte", satisfies all other complaints
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
902638c519
build step -> build rule
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"step" sounds atomic, while "rule" hints at internal structure, which in
our case consists of mapping inputs to outputs using build instructions.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
87523f01e3
match grammatical case to arrow direction
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d3effd014b
update architecture diagram
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ad8c2ed7f0
remove incomplete section: input/content-addressing
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
3bd125ebbe
remove incomplete section: nix archives
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b18852eb3f
remove incomplete section: content-addressed objects
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7cec9ee361
remove incomplete section: relocatability
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
96876b1eae
remove incomplete section: related work
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
1ba6d8fb1d
remove incomplete section: building
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
John Ericson
3d8f2f5cc1
Fix manual TOC links
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
John Ericson
b01bb65d30
Fix rel path in doc
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
b5ca3d12b6
reword details on keeping closure property
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e90586c0a4
add motivation for references
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
07d490fd89
stores can also delete objects
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5fda995491
formalize file system objects
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convention: describe every data type in prose, and illustrate with
a class diagram, and a textual representation of an abstract
data type.
right now we save ourselves the trouble of doing class diagrams, we can
add them later. but they are important.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fb2ec7e4ec
reword section on references
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use file Contents instead of Data, as that flows more naturally in the
prose.
simplify explanation of the idea behind scanning for store paths
remove references to unfinished sections.
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