Maintainers leaving Nixpkgs

rhendric · July 2, 2024, 6:07am

NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/0f56e3221392452f2c38e3ddf2eba03abda6bf47/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/default.nix#L227


      
              tests = {
                inherit (nixosTests.networking) networkmanager;
              };
            };
          
          
  meta = with lib; {
              homepage = "https://networkmanager.dev";
              description = "Network configuration and management tool";
              license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
              changelog = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/raw/${version}/NEWS";
              maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members ++ (with maintainers; [ domenkozar obadz ]);
              platforms = platforms.linux;
              badPlatforms = [
                # Mandatory shared libraries.
                lib.systems.inspect.platformPatterns.isStatic
              ];
            };
          }

github.com

NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/0f56e3221392452f2c38e3ddf2eba03abda6bf47/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix#L130


      
            ]
            ++ cfg.plugins
            ++ lib.optionals (!delegateWireless && !enableIwd) [
              pkgs.wpa_supplicant
            ];
          
          
in
          {
          
          
  meta = {
              maintainers = teams.freedesktop.members;
            };
          
          
  ###### interface
          
          
  options = {
          
          
    networking.networkmanager = {
          
          
      enable = mkOption {
                  type = types.bool;

jtojnar · July 2, 2024, 6:51am

To clarify, obadz or Domen have not really touched NM for a while now. Maxine did most of the updates.

The Freedesktop team might as well be empty. I only remain a member to get notifications but I treat packages within (including NM) almost like any other unmaintained core dependency package – will just update them when no-one else does in a while but other things take priority.

nyanbinary · September 7, 2025, 7:33pm

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

maintainers: remove federicoschonborn (third time's the charm!)

master ← FedericoSchonborn:third-time's-the-charm

opened 07:06PM - 07 Sep 25 UTC

FedericoSchonborn

+8 -16

*This is a very disorganized rant, there's a lot of things going on in my mind w…hen writing this. Proceed with caution.* I was going to make a short message to explain why I'm removing my Microsoft GitHub account and removing myself from Nixpkgs, which is the only project I had been contributing left here (maybe if you keep integrating more of Microsoft GitHub's crap on this repository it will help migrate somewhere else one day!) I'm tired of Microsoft GitHub becoming more and more open to associating with fascists, I've been guilty myself for keeping using it for so long (the company's involvement with ICE was known for a long time, then more recently the inclusion of <the company named after Elon Musk's failed PayPal rebranding>'s "xAI" slop generator also known as "Mecha Hitler"). Not to count all the Microsoft crap. This site is going the way of the old SourceForge. The thing is, I *loved* Nix, NixOS and Nixpkgs a lot, and I wanted to keep contributing. This is the third time I'm leaving and this time it's not because of Determinate Systems and other associated companies. Woo-hoo! I'm sure all those fancy new features that keep being added to the fork are going to trickle down to NixOS/nix *one day*! But then I said, "I haven't looked at the Discourse for a while, maybe I should take a look at it, *what could possibly go wrong?*" It turns out, [we did it again](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/sc-member-tomberek-works-for-anduril/68971), Anduril is back to being involved in a leadership position within the NixOS community! Congratulations, Mr. Luckey, you found a loophole! The Steering Committee proves once again that they are a failed experiment, unfit to lead responsibly. After all the promises that were made we keep failing for the same old tricks. I'm tired of the long discussions that go nowhere. I'm tired of seeing people compromising with fascists. I'm tired of seeing *myself* compromising with fascists. Fuck this, fuck Microsoft, fuck GitHub, fuck Anduril, fuck Determinate Systems, fuck all those who are helping them inside and outside this community because they're either fascists themselves or because they're incredibly naïve. Hell, Fuck *myself* for standing with this shit for so long. Fuck *myself* for coming back time and time again, knowing what I was doing. Fuck *myself* for trying to pretend all this shit was going to stop at some point. Fuck *myself* for trusting people that never really wanted to change any of this. Fuck *myself* for helping war-profiteering companies thrive, directly or indirectly. We don't need to meet in the middle with people that want me and a lot of other contributors dead in a ditch. I'll keep an eye on the Lix and Auxolotl projects and Guix, since their communities have a little more self-respect. See you on the other side! **TL;DR:** I'm removing my Microsoft GitHub account once this Pull Request is merged. ## Things done - Built on platform: - [ ] x86_64-linux - [ ] aarch64-linux - [ ] x86_64-darwin - [ ] aarch64-darwin - Tested, as applicable: - [ ] [NixOS tests] in [nixos/tests]. - [ ] [Package tests] at `passthru.tests`. - [ ] Tests in [lib/tests] or [pkgs/test] for functions and "core" functionality. - [ ] Ran `nixpkgs-review` on this PR. See [nixpkgs-review usage]. - [ ] Tested basic functionality of all binary files, usually in `./result/bin/`. - Nixpkgs Release Notes - [ ] Package update: when the change is major or breaking. - NixOS Release Notes - [ ] Module addition: when adding a new NixOS module. - [ ] Module update: when the change is significant. - [x] Fits [CONTRIBUTING.md], [pkgs/README.md], [maintainers/README.md] and other READMEs. [NixOS tests]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/index.html#sec-nixos-tests [Package tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md#package-tests [nixpkgs-review usage]: https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review#usage [CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md [lib/tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/tests [maintainers/README.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/maintainers/README.md [nixos/tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests [pkgs/README.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md [pkgs/test]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/test --- 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

D3vil0p3r · January 22, 2026, 6:37pm

Me also just left Nixpkgs. Here the 56 packages I maintained, 48 of them I maintained alone and now they don’t have one. Feel free to take care of them. Cheers

D3vil0p3r · January 22, 2026, 6:37pm

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

various: remove d3vil0p3r as maintainer

master ← D3vil0p3r:patch-14

opened 05:52PM - 22 Jan 26 UTC

D3vil0p3r

+52 -60

Removed maintainer from the package metadata. ## Things done - B…uilt on platform: - [X] x86_64-linux - [ ] aarch64-linux - [ ] x86_64-darwin - [ ] aarch64-darwin - Tested, as applicable: - [ ] [NixOS tests] in [nixos/tests]. - [ ] [Package tests] at `passthru.tests`. - [ ] Tests in [lib/tests] or [pkgs/test] for functions and "core" functionality. - [ ] Ran `nixpkgs-review` on this PR. See [nixpkgs-review usage]. - [ ] Tested basic functionality of all binary files, usually in `./result/bin/`. - Nixpkgs Release Notes - [ ] Package update: when the change is major or breaking. - NixOS Release Notes - [ ] Module addition: when adding a new NixOS module. - [ ] Module update: when the change is significant. - [X] Fits [CONTRIBUTING.md], [pkgs/README.md], [maintainers/README.md] and other READMEs. [NixOS tests]: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/unstable/index.html#sec-nixos-tests [Package tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md#package-tests [nixpkgs-review usage]: https://github.com/Mic92/nixpkgs-review#usage [CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md [lib/tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/lib/tests [maintainers/README.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/maintainers/README.md [nixos/tests]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/tests [pkgs/README.md]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/README.md [pkgs/test]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/test

oxbar · January 22, 2026, 10:52pm

That’s a lot of pkgs,

What does nix do when maintainers leave ? Still new to this and discourse!

rhendric · January 22, 2026, 11:19pm

A user steps up and adopts the unmaintained package if they care. If nobody cares, the package usually hangs around until it causes a problem for somebody, at which point it’s removed.

oxbar · January 23, 2026, 12:14am

Thanks for the feedback!