use "source" for source names #379
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this removes a difference to how Nix currently fetches flake references. using a constant is preferrable because renaming the source won't force downstream rebuilds. there probably is no correct solution here, as any choice for the symbolic name is essentially arbitrary, and arguably symbolic names were an unfortunate design decision anyway.
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this removes a difference to how Nix currently fetches flake references. using a constant is preferrable because renaming the source won't force downstream rebuilds of store objects cached from when flakes were used. upstream fix: nmattia/niv#379
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this removes a difference to how Nix currently fetches flake references.
using a constant is preferrable because renaming the source won't force downstream rebuilds.
there probably is no correct solution here, as any choice for the
symbolic name is essentially arbitrary, and arguably symbolic names were
an unfortunate design decision anyway.
@infinisil @Ericson2314