Get stalled nixpkgs contribution moving

NoRePercussions · June 24, 2024, 7:42pm

I have a nixpkgs addition that has been open and passing CI for a month now. What can I do about getting it merged, or getting feedback as to why it isn’t being merged?

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

salt-lint: add 0.9.2

NixOS:master ← NoRePercussions:salt-lint

opened 03:11AM - 23 May 24 UTC

NoRePercussions

+37 -0

## Description of changes Add the [`salt-lint` python application](https://gi…thub.com/warpnet/salt-lint) v0.9.2. ## Things done - Built on platform(s) - [ ] x86_64-linux - [ ] aarch64-linux - [ ] x86_64-darwin - [x] aarch64-darwin - For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in `nix.conf`? (See [Nix manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/conf-file.html)) - [ ] `sandbox = relaxed` - [ ] `sandbox = true` - [ ] **(See below)** Tested, as applicable: - [NixOS test(s)](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/index.html#sec-nixos-tests) (look inside [nixos/tests](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests)) - and/or [package tests](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md#package-tests) - or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in [lib/tests](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/tests) or [pkgs/test](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/test) - made sure NixOS tests are [linked](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#ssec-nixos-tests-linking) to the relevant packages - [ ] Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using `nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD"`. Note: all changes have to be committed, also see [nixpkgs-review usage](https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review#usage) - [x] Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in `./result/bin/`) - [24.11 Release Notes](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2411.section.md) (or backporting [23.11](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2311.section.md) and [24.05](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md) Release notes) - [ ] (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking - [ ] (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant - [ ] (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module - [x] Fits [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).  --- Add a :+1: [reaction] to [pull requests you find important]. [reaction]: https://github.blog/2016-03-10-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/ [pull requests you find important]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc Note: I had trouble getting pytest to find any tests. CDing into `$out` did not work, nor did pointing pytest specifically at `tests/unit`

nim65s · June 26, 2024, 11:12am

Hi,

For this kind of questions, we have:

NoRePercussions · June 26, 2024, 3:18pm

Thank you! I didn’t realize - will use that for future contributions.