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There are two types of maintainer: Members of the NixOS organization and package/module maintainer. | There are two types of maintainer: Members of the NixOS organization and package/module maintainer. | ||
Members of the NixOS organization have direct access to the [https://github.com/Nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs] and | Members of the NixOS organization have direct access to the [https://github.com/Nixos/nixpkgs nixpkgs] and therefore can merge [[Create-pull-requests|pull requests]]. | ||
Everybody can become a package maintainer by adding to <code>maintainers</code> attribute in the meta section of a package. First add your nick handle (preferable your GitHub username) to [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix maintainer-list.nix] and reference the said handle within the package: | Everybody can become a package maintainer by adding to <code>maintainers</code> attribute in the meta section of a package. First add your nick handle (preferable your GitHub username) to [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix maintainer-list.nix] and reference the said handle within the package: | ||