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# search.nixos.org
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This repository contains the scripts and the web application for
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`search.nixos.org`.
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## How this project came to be
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Initial idea was to replace NixOS packages and options search which was
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fetching one JSON file which contained all packages (or options). This approach
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is good for its simple setup, but started to show its problems when packages
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number was getting bigger and bigger. I'm sure we could optimize it further,
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but ideas what all could we do if there would be some database in the back were
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to tempting not to try.
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For backend we are using Elasticsearch instance which is kindly sponsored by
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[bonsai.io](https://bonsai.io). On the frontend we are using
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[Elm](https://elm-lang.org).
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## Ideas we want to explore
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Apart from searching packages and options we would like to:
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- Not only search for latest channels, but be enable to search in any
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evaluation. We need to explore how much in the past we can go, I'm sure we
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will have to make some compromises.
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- Provide each maintainer with a page that lists packages that they
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maintain. A page - later - could also show his ticket and opened Pull
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Requests.
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- Each package should have a page which would show versions in different
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evaluations/channels. It could also show - at one point - ticket that this
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package
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- With all this information in the database it would be very useful to show
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some sort of reports. Few examples that come to my mind:
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- What packages and options were added/removed/changed between to evaluations?
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This could be useful for Release Manager when making release notes or just
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in general to see difference what has changed since last time.
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- How are we doing with tickets/pull requests? Burn-down chart maybe. The
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idea behind is to have a nicer view over current status of tickets/pull
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requests.
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Probably there are more ideas I just need to remind myself to write them down.
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## Development
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To start developing open a terminal and run:
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```
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$ nix-shell --run "yarn dev"
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```
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You can point your browser to `http://localhost:3000` and start developing.
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Any changes to source files (`./src`) will trigger a hot reload of an
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application.
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## Deploying
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- On each commit to `master` branch a GitHub Action is trigger.
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- GitHub Action then builds production version of the web application using
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`yarn prod` command.
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- The built web application (in `./dist`) is then deployed to Netlify.
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- GitHub Action can also be triggered via Pull Request, which if Pull Request
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was created from a non-forked repo's branch, will provide a preview url in a
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comment.
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