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@niklaskorz@rheinneckar.social
2025-08-14 16:12:07

> goes down the rabbit hole of the origin of "legacyPackages" naming
> finds no good reason (yada yada nested package attributes and nix flake show whatever) that would ever allow it to be properly addressed in #nixpkgs, the one package set most people will always have to interact with
> decides to refer to upstream

@niklaskorz@rheinneckar.social
2025-09-10 11:12:39

If you want to participate in the upcoming #NixOS steering committee election but haven't reached the required 25 commits mark in #nixpkgs yet, feel free to send some PRs to me for review. Also available for some 1:1 chats in Matrix or Discord to get any issues quickly sorted, so your PRs ca…