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On Community in Nix

On community in the Nix ecosystem.

I am immeasurably pleased and proud of where the project stands today and extremely optimistic for its longevity and utility as a critical component of the software delivery pipeline for an ever-growing number of developers, teams and businesses. First, I have had very little involvement in Nixpkgs and NixOS in recent years, having ceded their stewardship to other community members some time ago, and have no more influence over their direction than any other dedicated contributor. With regard to the most focal issue raised in recent discussions, that of who should or shouldn’t be allowed to sponsor or participate in NixCon, I feel that the chief aim of the Nix project is to give developers the tools they need to do better work, faster.

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