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Explain what unit
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( "files" → "functionality") In the context of nixpkgs, a Collection of (Nix) Packages, the "software component", in a sense that goes actually beyond a "package", is the domain around which related functionality accrues.
See also the quite similar mental model of The 4 Layers of Packaging. /cc @Ericson2314 re "layers" 😉 ... which begs the question, will you rebrand to |
@blaggacao I am not too concerned at this point, because we can "soft launch" the "unit" name in the repo file path (implementation detail, private) before putting it somewhere more public. |
The current draft uses
pkgs/unit/<name>/pkg-fun.nix
as the directory structure. We should explain what "unit" is and why that name is fitting.We decided on this name among other candidates in the last meeting.
On discourse, @blaggacao points out that std's "cell" concept is the same as the "unit" we're talking about here.
Also on Discourse I proposed this general description of a "unit" in nixpkgs:
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