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At the beginning of this year I got hooked-up on this concept of functional system and package management. I've read through all the Nix documentation trying to
by ferdek 7y ago
At the beginning of this year I got hooked-up on this concept of functional system and package management. I've read through all the Nix documentation trying to get a feeling of how should I use it. And it just felt bad - sometimes the documentation was outdated, sometimes it clearly contradicts code on master, sometimes the programming style was inconsistent, sometimes the examples were unclear, too simple or too contrived... Thousand ways to achieve the same things and no clear "best practices" way.
Is guix's documentation any better? I mean - teach me the theory, but also show me practical examples making use of it so I could remember?
- rekado 7y agoI'm clearly biased, but I think Guix's documentation is pretty clear, although it may be a little short on examples for some people. I've never found the documentation to be outdated or grossly misleading.
- equalunique 7y agoI prefer guix documentation because it feel more like a guide than a reference.
- ferdek 7y agoI think this is exactly what I wanted to hear, will give Guix a shot I guess.
- numerobis 7y agoI also prefer guix's documentation. `info guix` is a very good resource. :)