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Slightly rewrite RFC 0123

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# Motivation
[motivation]: #motivation
Flake-centric workflows often end up with a lot of derivations named “source”, and it’s difficult to navigate this.
This can also make flake-centric commands friendlier and easier to approach.
- Flake-centric workflows often end up with a lot of derivations named “source”, and it’s difficult to navigate this.
- This metadata can be used to make flakes more discoverable and usable, in particular, it can be output instead or with the URI, making the command friendlier.
# Detailed design
[design]: #detailed-design
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# Drawbacks
[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
This may cause clutter and additional maintenance.
Since this changes the output of nix flake metadata and nix flake show, it might cause scripts that read this output to break.
- This may cause clutter and additional maintenance.
- Since this changes the output of nix flake metadata and nix flake show, it might cause scripts that read this output to break.
- This requires a significant change to the way flakes are handled.
- This treats the Nix store as a user-facing part of Nix, which is generally not intended.
# Alternatives
[alternatives]: #alternatives
Flake names could be handled entirely through outside means, with things like the global registry merely pointing to flakes under names.
- Flake names could be handled entirely through outside means, with things like the global registry merely pointing to flakes under names.
# Unresolved questions
[unresolved]: #unresolved-questions
The name scheme could be changed. `flake-source-${name}` could be too long. Alternatives include `source-${name}`.
The interactions with nix flake metadata and nix flake show are not critical to the design, which is mostly aimed at clarifying derivation names.
- The name scheme could be changed. `flake-source-${name}` could be too long. Alternatives include `source-${name}`.
- The interactions with nix flake metadata and nix flake show are not critical to the design, which is mostly aimed at clarifying derivation names.
# Future work
[future]: #future-work
Flake usability can be improved.
- Flake usability can be improved.
- Issues with indicipherable derivations named “source” also exist elsewhere.