README: document new nix profile change

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Max Headroom 2023-07-10 18:16:25 +02:00
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@ -35,20 +35,9 @@ such as `nix flake metadata`.
Nonetheless, people were often annoyed by this limitation. Nix Super includes patches to disable the triviality checks,
to encourage experimentation with fancy new ways of handling flake inputs.
### UI improvements around `nix profile`
### Named packages in `nix profile`
`nix profile list` looks like this for profile entries coming from a flake:
```
005:
Installable: github:EmaApps/emanote#packages.x86_64-linux.default
Store paths: /nix/store/hdkbmj480nn2c5v9whzm2p1ip2cwqlpx-emanote-0.7.9.0
006:
Installable: flake:default#legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.just
Store paths: /nix/store/8x9yfyhs9innj3y3g6q953fqbjfiqnp4-just-1.13.0
```
Non-flake entries still look like normal to preserve compatibility with home-manager.
A preemptive merge of https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/8678
### Activatables