rename our libraries: libnixexpr -> liblixexpr, etc

qyriad commented

2024-05-07 22:04:17 +00:00

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For runtime purposes, we are CppNix 2.18 (compatible; like Gecko), but for build-time purposes, we are Lix, and anything trying to link against us should explicitly detect and support Lix, as there is no way we are going to have perfect header and symbol compatibility with CppNix 2.18 (and the C++ API has never been stable anyway).

Therefore, let's change our pkg-config and library names from libnix{expr,store,cmd,main,util,fetchers} to liblix{expr,store,cmd,main,util,fetchers}

cc @jade

For runtime purposes, we are CppNix 2.18 (compatible; like Gecko), but for build-time purposes, we are Lix, and anything trying to link against us should explicitly detect and support Lix, as there is no way we are going to have perfect header and symbol compatibility with CppNix 2.18 (and the C++ API has never been stable anyway). Therefore, let's change our pkg-config and library names from libnix{expr,store,cmd,main,util,fetchers} to liblix{expr,store,cmd,main,util,fetchers} cc @jade

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jade commented

2024-05-09 06:43:14 +00:00

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imo this needs to be complete for release to prevent anyone writing bad lix detection code that will later need to be dealt with.

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nixexpr -> lixexpr #5

jade commented

2024-05-20 19:41:33 +00:00

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OK so there is the approach suggested in the CL, which is just nix -> lix externally. But we could actually also squish a secondary change into that, namely, nix/*.hh into lix/libexpr/*.hh and such. This should not cause additional breakage.

This would be compatible with our plans to rename the header references internally, and would remain compatible if we use pkg-config to change the -I to include lix/libexpr etc also.

Thoughts on this approach? Should we just ship the nix/ -> lix/ now as in the CL and defer the libexpr/ part? The thought I have is that people who are using nix/ include paths already will have a breakage with this, but not those using #include <value.hh> etc, and we might as well execute our other desired change to those now, externally, so that only breaks once. The internal part would still be a second change.

External clients and internal clients could be fixed from the single-level to the multi-level with a clang-tidy automated refactor we already have the code for.

OK so there is the approach suggested in the CL, which is *just* nix -> lix externally. But we could actually also squish a secondary change into that, namely, `nix/*.hh` into `lix/libexpr/*.hh` and such. This should not cause additional breakage. This would be compatible with our plans to rename the header references internally, and would remain compatible if we use pkg-config to change the `-I` to include `lix/libexpr` etc also. Thoughts on this approach? Should we just ship the `nix/` -> `lix/` now as in the CL and defer the `libexpr/` part? The thought I have is that people who are using `nix/` include paths already will have a breakage with this, but not those using `#include <value.hh>` etc, and we might as well execute our other desired change to those now, *externally*, so that only breaks once. The internal part would still be a second change. External clients and internal clients could be fixed from the single-level to the multi-level with a clang-tidy automated refactor we already have the code for.

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packaging: rename nixexpr -> lixexpr and so on

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rename our libraries: libnixexpr -> liblixexpr, etc #279