From b130d2f2e335994cad555a77d242804b65a87062 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Gagarin Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:52:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add more context on the README (#9871) the thesis is still the defining document with all the motivation and explanations. adding it here for greater visibility. also more emphasis and clarity around the community aspect. the hydra build job seems a bit arbitrary right there. may be better for the contributing guide. --- README.md | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e1cace3b4..931a60bba 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Visit [nix.dev](https://nix.dev) for [installation instructions](https://nix.dev Full reference documentation can be found in the [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual). -## Building And Developing +## Building and developing See our [Hacking guide](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/hacking.html) in our manual for instruction on how to set up a development environment and build Nix from source. @@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ See our [Hacking guide](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/unstable/contributing/hacki Check the [contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) if you want to get involved with developing Nix. -## Additional Resources +## Additional resources -- [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/nix/manual) -- [Nix jobsets on hydra.nixos.org](https://hydra.nixos.org/project/nix) -- [NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/) -- [Matrix - #nix:nixos.org](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org) +Nix was created by Eelco Dolstra and developed as the subject of his PhD thesis [The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model](https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf), published 2006. +Today, a world-wide developer community contributes to Nix and the ecosystem that has grown around it. + +- [The Nix, Nixpkgs, NixOS Community on nixos.org](https://nixos.org/) +- [Official documentation on nix.dev](https://nix.dev) +- [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs) is [the largest, most up-to-date free software repository in the world](https://repology.org/repositories/graphs) +- [NixOS](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/nixos) is a Linux distribution that can be configured fully declaratively +- [Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/) +- [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#nix:nixos.org) ## License