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| author | Vincent Ambo <tazjin@google.com> | 2019-08-15T10·50+0100 |
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| committer | Vincent Ambo <github@tazj.in> | 2019-08-15T15·04+0100 |
| commit | 0ec369d76c2b151fa82839230e6eb4d58015b1dc (patch) | |
| tree | cbe4a21455b6498e80e053986f5859d7b05c6331 /tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md | |
| parent | ca1ffb397d979239b0246c1c72c73b74bc96635e (diff) | |
docs(book): Update information on new layering strategy
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| -rw-r--r-- | tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md b/tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md index 83e1aac52b..3eaeb6be4e 100644 --- a/tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md +++ b/tools/nixery/docs/src/nixery.md @@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ contain packages from the [Nix][] package manager. Images with arbitrary packages can be requested via the image name. Nix not only provides the packages to include in the images, but also builds the -images themselves by using an interesting layering strategy described in [this -blog post][layers]. +images themselves by using a special [layering strategy][] that optimises for +cache efficiency. + +For general information on why using Nix makes sense for container images, check +out [this blog post][layers]. ## Quick start @@ -65,13 +68,11 @@ availability. ### Who made this? -Nixery was written mostly by [tazjin][]. - -[grahamc][] authored the image layering strategy. Many people have contributed -to Nix over time, maybe you could become one of them? +Nixery was written by [tazjin][], but many people have contributed to Nix over +time, maybe you could become one of them? [Nixery]: https://github.com/google/nixery [Nix]: https://nixos.org/nix +[layering-strategy]: https://storage.googleapis.com/nixdoc/nixery-layers.html [layers]: https://grahamc.com/blog/nix-and-layered-docker-images [tazjin]: https://github.com/tazjin -[grahamc]: https://github.com/grahamc |