Valentin Gagarin

Very good points, thank you. > documentation that addresses user needs and teaching contributors how to find code themselves Yes. We're actively working on documentation directly addressing user needs. That...

> a technical non-solution to the social problem of contributors and maintainers not [...] communicating their work I absolutely agree it is primarily a social problem. We have multiple things...

@garbas @infinisil who else from should be involved with this?

@garbas alternatively proposes (to keep backwards compatibility for names and improve discoverability): - NixOS package manager - NixOS language - NixOS packages - NixOS Linux distribution We stay on nixos.org...

- @Ericson2314 we should rename the language, "Nix language" is a mouthful - @Mic92 "Nix expression language" even worse - renaming requires sweeping changes - @Ericson2314 that's what the documentation...

> I don't want to jump into a proposal but rather raise this awareness to the Doc Team. @blaggacao Awareness exists, please check the team meeting notes. I ask you...

@uningan good point, "package manager" does not capture the build system aspect, which is at least as important. @olafklingt @blaggacao Thinking about this, being too specific at this point leads...

- @fricklerhandwerk Terminology: Establish firm way of naming things, it doesn't matter what it's named, just needs consistency. Whenever there's a discussion we can tell people to use this ([pull...

@blaggacao I also like NixEL (or Nixel) for being a distinct term that is pronounceable. But an actual rename is out of scope here, simply for being too big of...

- @fricklerhandwerk would like to find agreement to get something merged we can refer to in reviews - @domenkozar should move to the glossary - @fricklerhandwerk good idea - still...