move programs to the top of the metadata display #620
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rename to "programs provided", since where they are provided is an implementation detail irrelevant to users of `nix-shell -p`.
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The reason I kept it last is that some programs like busybox have many programs, so this hides the maintainers and platforms a bit. But these are only a handful of outliers I guess. |
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rename to "programs provided", since where they are provided is an implementation detail irrelevant to users of
nix-shell -p.I'd actually prefer to list provided programs above the fold, because that is what users will care about much more than e.g. outputs of the derivation, which is also an implementation detail.
Related: #542