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:For the second point, I think we should definitely be improving the main page itself to point the user to the search functionality as an option, as well as improving [[NixOS search]]. And on top of that, we probably want a [[First steps using NixOS]] page or similar to really drive this point home. | :For the second point, I think we should definitely be improving the main page itself to point the user to the search functionality as an option, as well as improving [[NixOS search]]. And on top of that, we probably want a [[First steps using NixOS]] page or similar to really drive this point home. | ||
:For the third point, I don't think a package's current usage is an argument for or against its deletion (other than on technicality: we'd of course want to modify all pages using this template to point to the new one). However, do note, it's only used in [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Nixos:package|24 pages]], hardly an edit burden. [[User:DoggoBit|DoggoBit]] ([[User talk:DoggoBit|talk]]) 17:10, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | :For the third point, I don't think a package's current usage is an argument for or against its deletion (other than on technicality: we'd of course want to modify all pages using this template to point to the new one). However, do note, it's only used in [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Nixos:package|24 pages]], hardly an edit burden. [[User:DoggoBit|DoggoBit]] ([[User talk:DoggoBit|talk]]) 17:10, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | ||
::When I was writing my reply I kept mistakenly was thinking of the {{:nixos:option}} template which is much more of a useful and popular template. My mistake. | |||
::You are right that currently linking to a package on search.nixos.org does not provide as much information as it should. (It's more on the package maintainers to provide useful descriptions (like the {{nixos:package|docker}} maintainers do) than it is of a missing feature from search.nixos.org. | |||
::I still hold my position that linking to {{nixos:package|ghc}} is a way better user experience than linking to {{Nixpkgs Link|pkgs/development/compilers/ghc/common-hadrian.nix}} both in terms of a maintainer and as an end user. | |||
::To me, linking to source code is a bad option when there is a friendly interface that displays all the relevant information such as '''programs provided''', '''current version''', '''outputs''', and if a user wants to, there is a link to the source code on the search result. How fast can you find that information on the Nixpkgs link? The version isn't even mentioned in the source code of the main file for GHC. [[User:Pigs|Pigs]] ([[User talk:Pigs|talk]]) 21:31, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | |||