From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by nullring.xyz (envelope-sender ) with ESMTPS id b645c1c7; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:47:42 -0800 From: Preston Pan To: discussion@nullring.xyz Subject: NixOS and the Github Paradox User-Agent: mu4e 1.12.13; emacs 30.2 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:47:35 -0800 Message-ID: <87ldgrrkeg.fsf@nullring.xyz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain I have been a user of NixOS for three years now, and I find it insane that they still rely on github for PRs entirely. I understand that migration is an issue and that Github is available to many people and has a nice PR and CI/CD system, but for some of the more tangential projects (e.g. the wiki), I feel that NixOS could benefit from more decentralisation. Mailing lists are integrated with git, but it seems that according to the discussion (https://discourse.nixos.org/t/give-up-on-github/20058/17), the Nix people don't seem that keen on switching to a mailing list system or to a more open platform. I think the last comment in this thread really represents my view on the matter. I will keep on using NixOS, but I will do so hoping that they will start decentralising the ecosystem more even if they still keep nixpkgs on github in the meantime. I find it insane that they've had problems on the platform, yet they are slow to take action. Preston --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iIsEARYKADMWIQSuwnO/dbb1TYE0OhrB/mztOTrmwQUCaZQA9xUccmV0MnBvcEBu dWxscmluZy54eXoACgkQwf5s7Tk65sG1NgD/etz5CV0wwm9G19kuZyWHtTpuVeq1 46PNBT5KbvGxMF4A/RwLiWlOOmbpplm5jJuteSJfeeqq8QvQO5jO5qZ8nPEM =zpoE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--