More concise nix profile list

[szlend]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The output from nix profile list is way too noisy. You can only list a hand full of packages until your entire screen get filled up, and most of that information is not relevant to the average user.

$ nix profile list

Name:               gdb
Flake attribute:    legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.gdb
Original flake URL: flake:nixpkgs
Locked flake URL:   github:NixOS/nixpkgs/7b38b03d76ab71bdc8dc325e3f6338d984cc35ca
Store paths:        /nix/store/indzcw5wvlhx6vwk7k4iq29q15chvr3d-gdb-11.1

Name:               blender-bin
Flake attribute:    packages.x86_64-linux.default
Original flake URL: flake:blender-bin
Locked flake URL:   github:edolstra/nix-warez/91f2ffee657bf834e4475865ae336e2379282d34?dir=blender
Store paths:        /nix/store/i798sxl3j40wpdi1rgf391id1b5klw7g-blender-bin-3.1.2

Describe the solution you'd like

I would suggest we output a more concise list of packages and print the more detailed version with the --verbose flag.

Maybe something like:

gdb          11.1   nixpkgs#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.gdb
blender-bin  3.1.2  blender-bin#packages.x86_64-linux.default
foo          N/A    /home/foo/my-flake#packages.x86_64-linux.default

Maybe even omit the installable path entirely?

gdb          11.1   flake:nixpkgs
blender-bin  3.1.2  flake:blender-bin
foo          N/A    flake:/home/foo/my-flake

Describe alternatives you've considered

There's probably a ton of different ways we could print out the list of installed packages. Just wanted to start the conversation.

Additional context

Probably something to add to nix profile has bad UX #7966

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[sachinchaudhary1808]

yeah fix this