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Valentin Gagarin 070c85499b fix grammar
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 7b5c00f67f add concrete store examples, reword note on file system 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin c8c1b705ad reword section on Nix store 2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 39f01176a7 design -> architecture, add motivation
following ideas found in Architecture of Gazelle[1]

[1]: 56d35f8db0/Design.rst
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin d30033759a address Nix language consistently as configuration language 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 7598126391 remove separate meta-section, add architecture diagram
the diagram is a first approximation and only covers that same section.
of course there is much more going on, and other features should at some
point also be illustrated.

we also have to think about presentation format and technicalities
behind it. the manual has to render to `man`, but we may want something
more refined for web view.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 34ea74c9ec reword introductory section
there should be a meta section for each chapter to give motivation of
the presented structure. the structure itself is visible from the table
of contents.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin b387d80943 remove sentence for chapter transition
idea: sections could be read in different orders by linking them in
different ways (e.g. depth-first or breadth-first). adding hard-coded
transitions makes that confusing.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 89a7c956ff Apply suggestions from code review
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 51e6bed25e do not mention implementation details
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 23ee0b24f7 correctly use comma for nesting
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 804e8bd747 indicate sequence with "then"
Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 327ccd3b07 only use generic build system terminology
we will use a translation table to introduce nix-specific terms
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 0eae4bfad1 reword overview with clear terminology
trying to capture alternative terms in one go here, mirroring everyday
use:

derivation - build plan
realise - execute build

there will be more of that sort.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 0737094161 Add draft "Rosetta stone" by @fricklerhandwerk and stub commentary
The idea and most of the execution are @fricklerhandwerk's. I changed a
few things best I could based on @edolstra's corrections, and a Bazel
glossary.

Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson c86c1ec7e3 Make refernces sneak preview more concise 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 4e4bbd9e83 Improve store objects session more 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson e4eea5e84e Include abstract syntax based on the thesis for FSOs
See https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf, page 91.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson b98dc3b19c store objects, better opining sentances 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 55b437b551 Improve store path section 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson b4df351880 Relocability -> relocation in store object title 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 5f4d2ac091 Improve store object section
In particular, Nix is *not* like Git, so that needs to be fixed.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 1bbad62c7d doc: File system data -> file system object, to match Nix 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 838ba26fda Rename files after store entry -> store object rename 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 4e2d5ae202 doc: Store entry -> store object
This matches the terminology in Eelco's thesis.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson e308602fdf Update doc/manual/src/design/store/drvs/drvs.md
Co-authored-by: Matthieu Coudron <teto@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson cdb0bf3b65 Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 75c5191a1f Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson a04340f9a1 Update doc/manual/src/design/overview.md
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin@fricklerhandwerk.de>
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson f5386d7059 Fix stub file's name 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 678d75baea Start on the derivations section 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson e3a0209a9e Move the bits on relocating store entires to the end
They are too advanced for up front.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson a210504bc7 Apply suggestions from code review 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson e64633f98f Flesh out TOC 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson a2b3160f28 Briefly describe the digest of a store path 2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
John Ericson 523359d133 WIP: Document the design of Nix
The current docs are all "how to do things" and no "what is Nix" or "why
are things the way they are".

I see lots of misconception on the wider internet, and I also think we
would benefit from a "living document" to answer some questions people
currently turn to the thesis for.

I think a new section of the manual can address all these issues.
2022-08-04 12:37:46 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt 7d1ccd9105
Merge pull request #6846 from fricklerhandwerk/values
manual: use subheadings for primitive types
2022-08-03 14:50:41 +02:00
Théophane Hufschmitt c55bea4204 Fix the html id of the list headers 2022-08-03 14:16:00 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin ceed4d4142 encode primitive as list with anchors
to make it consistent with builtins and configuration options
2022-08-03 11:25:41 +02:00
Ilya K f675ba5331
doc/distributed-builds: don't use deprecated alias
`nix ping-store` -> `nix store ping`.
2022-08-01 13:50:35 +03:00
Valentin Gagarin 27138f1ec6
manual: use singular in body, too
Co-authored-by: Cole Helbling <cole.e.helbling@outlook.com>
2022-07-28 23:30:07 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 41a3b315fd manual: values -> data types 2022-07-28 17:25:25 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 8f4fab8fab manual: use singular for headings 2022-07-28 17:25:18 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 4ff48854b8 manual: simple values -> primitives
"simple" is a loaded term
2022-07-28 17:23:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 3063e5b94c manual: use subheadings for primitive types
this gives us HTML anchors for each of them
2022-07-28 17:23:57 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin 85cdaebcd6 manual: set -> attribute set
reword description to have shorter sentences.
2022-07-28 16:10:24 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin be4654c344 manual: fix section title in table of contents 2022-07-28 15:55:41 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 28e913c605 Branch 2.10 release notes 2022-07-11 21:10:23 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 545383208e
Merge pull request #6777 from laalsaas/master
Fix logical and typographical errors in nix-env man page
2022-07-11 13:52:40 +02:00
Eelco Dolstra 517ce38dad Update release notes 2022-07-11 11:17:19 +02:00