Package naming conventions
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An attempt to document the unofficial naming conventions used for packages in the nixpkgs repository
Suffix | Use |
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-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.