Valentin Gagarin
bac86231ad
use "build plan" consistently
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
5a5a95696f
note customized base32
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Nix omits E O U T characters for some reason.
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Valentin Gagarin
de5dea45f7
use correct Nix entity
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Nix itself does care a lot about what type of store object you have.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
fe4c0b8d75
fix typo
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Co-authored-by: Thomas <twatson52@mac.com>
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
def80d5777
add subsections to table of contents
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c345345dee
concept map: align hights
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this has the weird but nice emergent property that terms at the same
height are roughly at the same level of abstraction.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a28d6878b2
concept map: put closure as it is in the chapter
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this is not as compact any more, but it more closely resembles the
chapter structure, and clearly shows that the closure property is the
key idea on which most of Nix operates.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
475a332025
make concept map even more compact
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
d8b2f9f772
make concept map more compact
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invert arrows to/from derivation:
- we need closures to form derivations
- we need derivations to perform builds
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
348432f48f
store: add concept map
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this should help nativate the chapter by indicating which terms should
be known to understand a given concept.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
ec43977553
store: match chapter introduction to outline
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the various levels of detail should describe the same things.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
7c656d90ca
simplify description of diagram
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try not to be too fancy, it's just for reading the diagram out loud.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
631ca18ee6
reword notes on copying
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clarify that we are copying between different stores. we have not
introduced that notion or why it would be interesting, but for now it
should be fine to keep it in context of the store directory.
we could move that later to a more detailed explanation of different
store types.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
c10dcccccd
make example a simple list
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using JSON notation is unwarranted and not explained.
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
9c544813d7
paths -> path
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use singular for terminology uniformly
2022-08-04 12:37:47 +02:00
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.
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