From 3caacb17e5efa8d73fcbcdf08cf4044cb7e06620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: binarycat <binarycat@envs.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:30:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: add link to the language frameworks from the pkgs
 quickstart

---
 pkgs/README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/README.md b/pkgs/README.md
index 87bfeef62f04..f8a79acdbd29 100644
--- a/pkgs/README.md
+++ b/pkgs/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ Now that this is out of the way. To add a package to Nixpkgs:
    $ git add pkgs/by-name/so/some-package/package.nix
    ```
 
+   If the package is written in a language other than C, you should use [the corresponding language framework](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-language-support).
+
    You can have a look at the existing Nix expressions under `pkgs/` to see how it’s done, some of which are also using the [category hierarchy](#category-hierarchy).
    Here are some good ones: