diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0c0ddfa47..e160cbfef 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@
                   inherit officialRelease;
                   pkgs = final;
                   src = self;
+                  maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+                    edolstra
+                    Ericson2314
+                    Mic92
+                    roberth
+                    tomberek
+                  ];
                 };
               };
 
diff --git a/packaging/components.nix b/packaging/components.nix
index 991d54241..cd1d219b8 100644
--- a/packaging/components.nix
+++ b/packaging/components.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   pkgs,
   src,
   officialRelease,
+  maintainers,
 }:
 
 scope:
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ let
         let
           n = lib.length finalScope.patches;
         in
-        if n == 0 then finalAttrs.version else finalAttrs.version + "+${toString n}";
+        if n == 0 then prevAttrs.version else prevAttrs.version + "+${toString n}";
 
       # Clear what `derivation` can't/shouldn't serialize; see prevAttrs.workDir.
       fileset = null;
@@ -180,9 +181,24 @@ let
       mesonFlags = [ (lib.mesonBool "b_asneeded" false) ] ++ prevAttrs.mesonFlags or [ ];
     };
 
-  miscGoodPractice = finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
+  nixDefaultsLayer = finalAttrs: prevAttrs: {
     strictDeps = prevAttrs.strictDeps or true;
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
+    pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos "pname" prevAttrs;
+    meta = prevAttrs.meta or { } // {
+      homepage = prevAttrs.meta.homepage or "https://nixos.org/nix";
+      longDescription =
+        prevAttrs.longDescription or ''
+          Nix is a powerful package manager for mainly Linux and other Unix systems that
+          makes package management reliable and reproducible. It provides atomic
+          upgrades and rollbacks, side-by-side installation of multiple versions of
+          a package, multi-user package management and easy setup of build
+          environments.
+        '';
+      license = prevAttrs.meta.license or lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+      maintainers = prevAttrs.meta.maintainers or [ ] ++ scope.maintainers;
+      platforms = prevAttrs.meta.platforms or (lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows);
+    };
   };
 
   /**
@@ -202,6 +218,7 @@ in
 {
   version = baseVersion + versionSuffix;
   inherit versionSuffix;
+  inherit maintainers;
 
   inherit filesetToSource;
 
@@ -237,6 +254,10 @@ in
     but it does make the build non-granular; all components will use a complete source.
 
     Packaging expressions will be ignored.
+
+    Single argument: the source to use.
+
+    See also `appendPatches`
   */
   overrideSource =
     src:
@@ -265,6 +286,7 @@ in
               }
             );
         resolvePath = p: finalScope.patchedSrc + "/${resolveRelPath p}";
+        filesetToSource = { root, fileset }: finalScope.resolvePath root;
         appendPatches = appendPatches finalScope;
       }
     );
@@ -281,14 +303,14 @@ in
     (scope.overrideSource "${./..}").appendPatches patches;
 
   mkMesonDerivation = mkPackageBuilder [
-    miscGoodPractice
+    nixDefaultsLayer
     scope.sourceLayer
     setVersionLayer
     mesonLayer
     scope.mesonComponentOverrides
   ];
   mkMesonExecutable = mkPackageBuilder [
-    miscGoodPractice
+    nixDefaultsLayer
     bsdNoLinkAsNeeded
     scope.sourceLayer
     setVersionLayer
@@ -297,7 +319,7 @@ in
     scope.mesonComponentOverrides
   ];
   mkMesonLibrary = mkPackageBuilder [
-    miscGoodPractice
+    nixDefaultsLayer
     bsdNoLinkAsNeeded
     scope.sourceLayer
     mesonLayer
@@ -347,7 +369,7 @@ in
   nix-perl-bindings = callPackage ../src/perl/package.nix { };
 
   nix-everything = callPackage ../packaging/everything.nix { } // {
-    # Note: no `passthru.overrideAllMesonComponents`
+    # Note: no `passthru.overrideAllMesonComponents` etc
     #       This would propagate into `nix.overrideAttrs f`, but then discard
     #       `f` when `.overrideAllMesonComponents` is used.
     #       Both "methods" should be views on the same fixpoint overriding mechanism
@@ -355,6 +377,8 @@ in
     #       two-fixpoint solution.
     /**
       Apply an extension function (i.e. overlay-shaped) to all component derivations, and return the nix package.
+
+      Single argument: the extension function to apply (finalAttrs: prevAttrs: { ... })
     */
     overrideAllMesonComponents = f: (scope.overrideAllMesonComponents f).nix-everything;
 
@@ -363,6 +387,10 @@ in
       This affects all components.
 
       Changes to the packaging expressions will be ignored.
+
+      Single argument: list of patches to apply
+
+      See also `overrideSource`
     */
     appendPatches = ps: (scope.appendPatches ps).nix-everything;
 
@@ -371,8 +399,26 @@ in
       but it does make the build non-granular; all components will use a complete source.
 
       Packaging expressions will be ignored.
+
+      Filesets in the packaging expressions will be ignored.
+
+      Single argument: the source to use.
+
+      See also `appendPatches`
     */
     overrideSource = src: (scope.overrideSource src).nix-everything;
 
+    /**
+      Override any internals of the Nix package set.
+
+      Single argument: the extension function to apply to the package set (finalScope: prevScope: { ... })
+
+      Example:
+      ```
+      overrideScope (finalScope: prevScope: { aws-sdk-cpp = null; })
+      ```
+    */
+    overrideScope = f: (scope.overrideScope f).nix-everything;
+
   };
 }
diff --git a/packaging/everything.nix b/packaging/everything.nix
index 2c65f209f..1835eefb6 100644
--- a/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   lndir,
   buildEnv,
 
+  maintainers,
+
   nix-util,
   nix-util-c,
   nix-util-tests,
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@
   nix-perl-bindings,
 
   testers,
+
+  patchedSrc ? null,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -68,48 +72,6 @@ let
           ;
       };
 
-  dev = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-    name = "nix-${nix-cli.version}-dev";
-    pname = "nix";
-    version = nix-cli.version;
-    dontUnpack = true;
-    dontBuild = true;
-    libs = map lib.getDev (lib.attrValues libs);
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out/nix-support
-      echo $libs >> $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
-    '';
-    passthru = {
-      tests = {
-        pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
-          package = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-        };
-      };
-
-      # If we were to fully emulate output selection here, we'd confuse the Nix CLIs,
-      # because they rely on `drvPath`.
-      dev = finalAttrs.finalPackage.out;
-
-      libs = throw "`nix.dev.libs` is not meant to be used; use `nix.libs` instead.";
-    };
-    meta = {
-      mainProgram = "nix";
-      pkgConfigModules = [
-        "nix-cmd"
-        "nix-expr"
-        "nix-expr-c"
-        "nix-fetchers"
-        "nix-flake"
-        "nix-flake-c"
-        "nix-main"
-        "nix-main-c"
-        "nix-store"
-        "nix-store-c"
-        "nix-util"
-        "nix-util-c"
-      ];
-    };
-  });
   devdoc = buildEnv {
     name = "nix-${nix-cli.version}-devdoc";
     paths = [
@@ -192,10 +154,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       devPaths = lib.mapAttrsToList (_k: lib.getDev) finalAttrs.finalPackage.libs;
     in
     ''
-      mkdir -p $out $dev
+      mkdir -p $out $dev/nix-support
+
+      # Custom files
+      echo $libs >> $dev/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
+      echo ${nix-cli} ${lib.escapeShellArgs devPaths} >> $dev/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
 
       # Merged outputs
       lndir ${nix-cli} $out
+
       for lib in ${lib.escapeShellArgs devPaths}; do
         lndir $lib $dev
       done
@@ -207,6 +174,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit (nix-cli) version;
+    src = patchedSrc;
 
     /**
       These are the libraries that are part of the Nix project. They are used
@@ -248,7 +216,29 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     mainProgram = "nix";
     description = "The Nix package manager";
-    pkgConfigModules = dev.meta.pkgConfigModules;
+    longDescription = nix-cli.meta.longDescription;
+    homepage = nix-cli.meta.homepage;
+    license = nix-cli.meta.license;
+    maintainers = maintainers;
+    platforms = nix-cli.meta.platforms;
+    outputsToInstall = [
+      "out"
+      "man"
+    ];
+    pkgConfigModules = [
+      "nix-cmd"
+      "nix-expr"
+      "nix-expr-c"
+      "nix-fetchers"
+      "nix-flake"
+      "nix-flake-c"
+      "nix-main"
+      "nix-main-c"
+      "nix-store"
+      "nix-store-c"
+      "nix-util"
+      "nix-util-c"
+    ];
   };
 
 })