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::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. | ::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) | ::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) | ||
:::Yeah, I'm 100% with you on this, and {{tl|nixos:option}} is nowhere near being at risk of not making the cut here haha (other than a saner renaming). That template is a million times more useful than this one. | |||
:::I'm thinking here very much from a user perspective: If I'm being served a link off the wiki, I would want it to contain ''more'' information than the wiki itself, right? Otherwise there's no point linking somewhere external in the first place. That's why I don't think this template makes sense with the current search interface at all, it's _less useful_ than the page it's being used on. However, linking to the nixpkgs file is _more useful_ than the page, because the user can see the additional build options that package may have. | |||
:::If we're talking about having _a_ link to the corresponding Nix package entry, we could implement this via {{tl|infobox application}} (or the corresponding one) further down the line [[User:DoggoBit|DoggoBit]] ([[User talk:DoggoBit|talk]]) 21:55, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | |||