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== Questioning the choices of Fricklerhandwerk of removing mentions of nix-env and nix-channel ==
== Questioning the choices of Fricklerhandwerk of removing mentions of nix-env and nix-channel ==
Why did you remove mentions of nix-env and nix-channel from [[Nix package manager]]?
Why did you remove mentions of nix-env and nix-channel from [[Nix package manager]]?
Answer: This is part of the general movement away from imperative usage patterns, which are not very robust and known to mislead users or throw them for a loop. Tracking issues for reference:
* https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7769
* https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/265058