The proposal name is wrong (we already have auto called packages)

roberth commented 2 years ago

"auto called packages" is a bad name because

auto-calling is the technical term for what the old Nix CLI does, not something Nixpkgs does
automatic callPackage invocations are just an implementation detail of what we're trying to achieve

The removal of the categories is a far more significant change than the ability to remove a trivial list of callPackage calls. We could have 95% of the benefits of the RFC without doing readDir (and having a sorted list of files in a .nix file somewhere, causing non-zero but very few merge conflicts).

How about: Simple package paths

infinisil commented 1 year ago

I think this sounds reasonable, would like to hear what others think though

infinisil commented 1 year ago

Another idea:

Aligning package path and attribute
Unifying package path and attribute

infinisil commented 1 year ago

(Ultimately this doesn't matter much if at all though)

roberth commented 1 year ago

Remove the package directory hierarchy
Seize the means of location
An intersectional approach against package discrimination
Smash the entropy

Ok, got a bit carried away.

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