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Currently there are three different places that explain how the module system works: - NixOS manual/ system configuration: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#ch-configuration - NixOS manual/ writing modules: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-writing-modules - NixOS wiki about modules:...

tutorial

I think poetry adds unnecessary complexity to the project and a learning curve to contributors who may not be familiar with it (especially considering that we plan to teach Nix/nixpkgs...

In order for contributors to write new material more effectively, add a lightweight guideline for creating (and reviewing) contributions to documentation. What: - make sure the documentation category is chosen...

guide

A user guide for nix repl could be very helpful. Regardless of whether the guide is added prior to or after stabilization, this is a tracking issue. Blocked by: #499...

tutorial

[Copying Closures via SSH](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/package-management/copy-closure.html) should be removed from the Nix manual according to https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/7769, as this is clearly a guide. We want to keep the information, because it appears to...

guide
good first issue

This is a tracking issue for setting up some basic project management infrastructure on GitHub so that we can more effectively task out projects and track progress. The idea is...

tracking

A few times a month I have an hour or two of free time in the evening and I wanna help out in any way I can. Usually I start...

guide

All of the guides and tutorials which require pinning Nixpkgs do not mention how to find the appropriate commit hash. Example: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/325 Describe the process of obtaining the relevant Nixpkgs...

guide

Documentation needs consistent terminology. Define the term to use across all documents. Wiktionary: [run-time](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/run-time) In Nix we have at least three phases which we usually call \(' '|'-'|'')time: - evaluate...

I don't know about how to put it , but the website appears kinda messy, the actual readable region is awkwardly thin. if it is just me then plz pardon...