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such a picture for my PhD dissertation (augmented with some of my own tools) a couple of years ago, but it's somewhat outdated.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 <[email protected]> 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 > > *Chief Science Officer*Fluxcraft > +358 (0)45 6 135 315 > > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > >
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