deprecate mkApp in favor of direct definitions
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Now that nixpkgs has its own idea of `passthru.exePath` under the name `meta.mainProgram`, deprecate our solution in favor of the new standard. This subsequently removes the value of which `mkApp` brings, and therefore a full deprecation for its removal has begun.
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| default = hello; | |||
| }; | |||
| apps = rec { | |||
| hello = flake-utils.lib.mkApp { drv = self.packages.${system}.hello; }; | |||
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Don't you think it would be nicer to deprecate drv.passthru.exePath and use nixpkgs.lib.getExe in the helper instead?
This is still a bit simpler to use.
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That being said, I don't see a lot of value in definining those apps.
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Yeah. There is a problem where all these apps can be rewritten as packages."<system>"."<name>" since nix3-run runs against meta.mainProgram as well.
Unsure how to show examples without removing apps outright.
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I forgot; the main use-case for apps is for packages that output multiple binaries. For example So I propose to just deprecate any uses of |
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ok, that seems ready to me. have a look and tell me what you think. |
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I am honestly still quite a bit for deprecating the entire As there is little gain having a {
outputs.apps.x86_64-linux = {
with-lib = flake-utils.lib.mkApp { drv = pkgs.coreutils; name = "ls"; };
no-lib = { type = "app"; program = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/ls"; };
};
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Now that nixpkgs has its own idea of
passthru.exePathunder the namemeta.mainProgram, deprecate our solution in favor of the new standard.This subsequently removes the value of which
mkAppbrings, and therefore a full deprecation for its removal has begun.Closes: #65