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Is that documented anywhere? I've been using Nix for about 6 years now, and have mostly been using `nix-env -iA`, `nix-env -qaP --description` and `nix-env -e`

• colordrops 5y ago
  I'm much newer user and admittedly the documentation is not great, so I've used forums and IRC a lot and from what I've gathered, the movement is towards declarative reproduceability. This is the reason for the development of flakes. I saw installation of packages using nix-env in many search results and tutorial pages but newer comments seem to indicate that this is no longer recommended, and it fully makes sense to me. I want to get my machine back to the same state using my config checked into git, and installing imperatively using nix-env clearly goes against this.
• rgoulter 5y ago
  > I've been using Nix for about 6 years now, and have mostly been using `nix-env -iA`, `nix-env -qaP --description` and `nix-env -e` the whole time. I'd suggest "declarative package management" as a level-up above this. https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-declarative-package-management https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-declarative-pac...
  • GlennS 5y ago
    Thanks very much!