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Documentation: nixpkgs manual should warn against editing `nodePackages` #319341

Open lelgenio opened 3 weeks ago

lelgenio commented 3 weeks ago

Problem

The javascript packages in nixpkgs section immediately starts covering nodePackages. This is no longer the recommended way to add nodejs packages.

Proposal

I think more focus should incentivize the use of buildNpmPackage by presenting it front and center as the recommended method.

Checklist

[x] checked latest Nixpkgs manual (source) and latest NixOS manual (source)
[x] checked open documentation issues for possible duplicates
[x] checked open documentation pull requests for possible solutions

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eclairevoyant commented 3 weeks ago

We should probably just remove that section entirely, and keep contribution instructions in-repo...