system-path: set implicitly installed packages to be low-priority #52930
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The aim is to minimize surprises: when the user explicitly installs a package in their configuration, it should override any package implicitly installed by NixOS.
I'm half-wondering whether this should go through the RFC process, but I'd guess it's not of a large enough change to deserve it. If you think it should, please say so :)