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by-name: make the way of adding packages clearer

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The structure of this directory maps almost directly to top-level package attributes.
This is the recommended way to add new top-level packages to Nixpkgs [when possible](#limitations).
Packages found in the named-based structure do not need to be explicitly added to the
`top-level/all-packages.nix` file unless they require overriding the default value
of an implicit attribute (see below).
## Example
The top-level package `pkgs.some-package` may be declared by setting up this file structure: