Re: [NonGNU ELPA] New package: project-store

Richard Stallman <[email protected]> writes:

> The package seems to be meant specifically to work with
> Nix, but the name doesn't say so.

No, it currently also works with Guix.  I believe it will keep working
with Guix for a long time.  If it stops working with Guix in the future,
which I do not believe will happen in practice, patches to fix that are
welcome.

> The name `project-store' isn't a very good description of what the
> package does.
> ...
> Maybe `project-nix'?  (Not a very clear name, since
> most Emacs users will not recognize "Nix", but better than the
> proposed name.)
> ...
> it should carry a name that clearly states what it is for.

"Good" and "clear" are subjective.  People with different familiarity
with Nix can have different opinions.

You think project-nix is better than project-store.

But all Nix users I have asked all think project-nix is bad.  They will
think project-nix as a project developed with Nix (like Zhengyi said),
or a project in Nix language.  They will never relate project-nix to a
Nix store directory.

I will explain what a project developed with Nix and a project in Nix
language are and give examples, in case their meanings are not clear.

A project developed with Nix is a software project that uses Nix to
assist with development.  For example, it can use Nix to provide a
development environment (Nix jargon is devShell) where all dependencies
packages and build tools are available; it can use Nix in Continuous
Integration (CI); it can use Nix for deployment.  An example is my
project-store itself.  It uses Nix to provide development environment
and uses Nix in its CI.

A project in Nix language is a software project written in Nix language.
An example is my nima (NIx eMAcs) which uses Nix to configures Emacs.
Its code is at <https://github.com/jian-lin/nima>.

(BTW, I have already mentioned these two kinds of projects when another
person suggested project-nix.  For some reason, that person ignored it
completely.  You seem to have not read that.  So I decide to reiterate
and elaborate it here.)