NixOS / NixOS/nix.dev

use the same Nixpkgs revision for all pinned examples

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Description

Otherwise going through the tutorials or guides, readers will have to download all of Nixpkgs multiple times, which just takes space, bandwidth, and time.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Search the tutorials and guides for pinned Nixpkgs revisions and compare the examples that use them. Update the pinned examples to share one revision, then verify that the examples remain valid and no longer require downloading multiple Nixpkgs revisions.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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