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doc/node: document the new preferred node version

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The package set also provides support for multiple Node.js versions. The policy
is that a new package should be added to the collection for the latest stable LTS
release (which is currently 8.x), unless there is an explicit reason to support
release (which is currently 10.x), unless there is an explicit reason to support
a different release.
If your package uses native addons, you need to examine what kind of native
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ build system it uses. Here are some examples:
After you have identified the correct system, you need to override your package
expression while adding in build system as a build input. For example, `dat`
requires `node-gyp-build`, so we override its expression in `default-v8.nix`:
requires `node-gyp-build`, so we override its expression in `default-v10.nix`:
```nix
dat = nodePackages.dat.override (oldAttrs: {
@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ dat = nodePackages.dat.override (oldAttrs: {
To add a package from NPM to nixpkgs:
1. Modify `pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v8.json` to add, update
or remove package entries. (Or `pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json`
for packages depending on Node.js 10.x)
1. Modify `pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json` to add, update
or remove package entries. (Or `pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v8.json`
for packages depending on Node.js 8.x)
2. Run the script: `(cd pkgs/development/node-packages && ./generate.sh)`.
3. Build your new package to test your changes:
`cd /path/to/nixpkgs && nix-build -A nodePackages.<new-or-updated-package>`.