Package naming conventions

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An attempt to document the unofficial naming conventions used for packages in the nixpkgs repository

Suffix Use
-bin Binaries that aren't compiled by nix
-fresh Provides the newest features and bugs.
-still More stable version than fresh.
-wrapped Provides configuration options to the -unwrapped derivation
-unwrapped Indicator that there is a wrapped version


(Explananations for fresh and still taken from libreoffice forum.