@Alan_S: The doc will be updated once we can do dynamic listing, as stuff like that will essentially be unnecessary.
In the meantime, see
#3 
.
And no, the fact that there's "Nickel" in the name should have been a pretty big hint that we kind of need Nickel
.
(And you already know my position on the fact that trying to bypass Nickel is a potentially stupid idea, especially on modern devices).