[Nix-dev] Nix Infographics?

[Sander van der Burg]

I once created such a picture for my PhD dissertation (augmented with some
of my own tools) a couple of years ago, but it's somewhat outdated. For
example, at that time NixOps was still known as Charon.

A brief summary can be found here:
http://sandervanderburg.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-reference-architecture-for.html

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Matan Shenhav <matan at fluxcraft.net> wrote:

> Dear Nixperts,
>
> As a novice I have a hard time visualizing the relationships between
> various aspects of the Nix ecosystem. *Are there any existing graphical
> overviews of the Nix ecosystem? *
>
> If not, I volunteer to produce a series of diagrams and infographics
> publishable in the documentation (I have a background in graphic design).
>
> To do so I need a little help from you guys:
>
>    1. Sketch diagram proposals by pen, photograph/scan them, and send
>    them back on this thread for comments.
>    2. I will combine these into a series of diagrams that can be embedded
>    in the documentation, also submitting them here for comments.
>    3. Finally, I will combine the whole series into a single infographic
>    overview of the Nix ecosystem.
>
> These are my naive ideas about what could be helpful diagrams, feel free
> to propose an alternative scheme:
>
>    1. Anatomy of Nix Expressions.
>    2. The relationships between basic components such packages, channels,
>    and environments.
>    3. The relationships between Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs and NixOps.
>    4. Overview of the community development lifecycle, and relationship
>    between the various official channels/repos.
>    5. Examples of operational workflows, configuration/package
>    structures, etc.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matan
>
>
>  * * * * *
>
> Matan Bendix Shenhav
>
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>
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