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+
+# `nixpkgs/default-parameters`
+
+The purpose of this branch is to provide defaults for the non-`system` Nixpkgs inputs.
+
+This should be moved to separate repo.
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+{
+  description = "Default values for the Nixpkgs parameters, overridable with follows";
+
+  outputs = { self }: {
+    lib.pkgsParameters = {
+      # buildSystem: Where the derivations will be built; the `system` parameters of a derivation.
+      # host system: Where a derivation's outputs can be executed.
+      # buildSystem = null: same as host system; non-cross compilation.
+      buildSystem = null;
+
+      config = { };
+      overlays = [ ];
+    };
+  };
+}