add meta attributes to all images

augment the images with meta attributes from the input packages.

and then use the meta.description as dockerhub metadata.

dockerhub-metadata

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ password=$2
 org=${3:-nixpkgs}
 user=$username:$password
 
-releases_json=$(nix-instantiate ./release.nix --strict --eval --json)
+nix_eval() {
+  nix-instantiate --strict --eval --json "$@"
+}
+
+releases_json=$(nix_eval release.nix)
 
 to_json() {
   local desc=$1 full_desc=$2
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ echo "=== Updating Docker Hub project descriptions"
 
 for attr in $(echo "$releases_json" | jq -r "keys[]") ; do
   echo "--- $attr"
-  desc="$attr is automatically built from nix-community/docker-nixpkgs"
+  desc=$(nix_eval ./release.nix -A "$attr.meta.description" | jq -r .)
 
   if [[ -f "$attr/README.md" ]]; then
     full_desc=$(< "$attr/README.md")

lib/buildCLIImage.nix

@@ -5,28 +5,32 @@
 { drv # derivation to build the image for
 # Name of the binary to run by default
 , binName ? (builtins.parseDrvName drv.name).name
+, meta ? drv.meta
 }:
-dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
-  name = drv.name;
+let
+  image = dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
+    name = drv.name;
 
-  contents = [
-    # add a /bin/sh on all images
-    busybox
-    # most program need TLS certs
-    cacert
-    drv
-  ];
-
-  config = {
-    Cmd = [ "/bin/${binName}" ];
-    Env = [
-      "PATH=/bin"
-      "SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+    contents = [
+      # add a /bin/sh on all images
+      busybox
+      # most program need TLS certs
+      cacert
+      drv
     ];
-    Labels = {
-      # https://github.com/microscaling/microscaling/blob/55a2d7b91ce7513e07f8b1fd91bbed8df59aed5a/Dockerfile#L22-L33
-      "org.label-schema.vcs-ref" = "master";
-      "org.label-schema.vcs-url" = "https://github.com/nix-community/docker-nixpkgs";
+
+    config = {
+      Cmd = [ "/bin/${binName}" ];
+      Env = [
+        "PATH=/bin"
+        "SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+      ];
+      Labels = {
+        # https://github.com/microscaling/microscaling/blob/55a2d7b91ce7513e07f8b1fd91bbed8df59aed5a/Dockerfile#L22-L33
+        "org.label-schema.vcs-ref" = "master";
+        "org.label-schema.vcs-url" = "https://github.com/nix-community/docker-nixpkgs";
+      };
     };
   };
-}
+in
+  image // { meta = meta // image.meta; }

nix/default.nix

@@ -10,44 +10,47 @@
 , nix
 , xz
 }:
-dockerTools.buildImageWithNixDb {
-  inherit (nix) name;
+let
+  image = dockerTools.buildImageWithNixDb {
+    inherit (nix) name;
 
-  contents = [
-    ./root
-    coreutils
-    # add /bin/sh
-    bash
-    nix
+    contents = [
+      ./root
+      coreutils
+      # add /bin/sh
+      bash
+      nix
 
-    # runtime dependencies of nix
-    cacert
-    gitMinimal
-    gnutar
-    gzip
-    xz
+      # runtime dependencies of nix
+      cacert
+      gitMinimal
+      gnutar
+      gzip
+      xz
 
-    # for haskell binaries
-    iana-etc
-  ];
-
-  extraCommands = ''
-    # for /usr/bin/env
-    mkdir usr
-    ln -s ../bin usr/bin
-
-    # make sure /tmp exists
-    mkdir -m 0777 tmp
-  '';
-
-  config = {
-    Cmd = [ "/bin/bash" ];
-    Env = [
-      "ENV=/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
-      "NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable"
-      "PAGER=cat"
-      "PATH=/usr/bin:/bin"
-      "SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+      # for haskell binaries
+      iana-etc
     ];
+
+    extraCommands = ''
+      # for /usr/bin/env
+      mkdir usr
+      ln -s ../bin usr/bin
+
+      # make sure /tmp exists
+      mkdir -m 0777 tmp
+    '';
+
+    config = {
+      Cmd = [ "/bin/bash" ];
+      Env = [
+        "ENV=/etc/profile.d/nix.sh"
+        "NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=channel:nixpkgs-unstable"
+        "PAGER=cat"
+        "PATH=/usr/bin:/bin"
+        "SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+      ];
+    };
   };
-}
+in
+  image // { meta = nix.meta // image.meta; }

overlay.nix

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ _: pkgs: {
     kubectl = pkgs.callPackage ./kubectl {};
     kubernetes-helm = pkgs.callPackage ./kubernetes-helm {};
     nix = pkgs.callPackage ./nix {};
-    nix-unstable = nix.overrideAttrs (self: { nix = pkgs.nixUnstable; });
+    nix-unstable = nix.override {
+      nix = pkgs.nixUnstable;
+    };
 
   };
 }