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Description

This is a tracking issue for the most important concepts that need special treatment early in the user journey, rather than a glossary entry or reference documentation in the relevant manual.

  • Derivation
  • Module
  • Flakes
  • nix-shell vs. nix shell
  • Channel

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

Start by reviewing the unchecked concepts in this tracking issue and the relevant manual or reference documentation. Determine how each concept should be treated early in the user journey rather than as a glossary entry. Done means the unchecked concepts have appropriate introductory documentation, with the issue checklist updated.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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