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Revision as of 02:28, 24 April 2023 view source imported>Winny There seems to be a lot of people who says nix channels shouldnt't be used beacuse nix flakes can offer more reproducibility. I'm not sure if deprecated is too strong of a word, please edit accordingly. ← Older edit		Revision as of 05:54, 27 April 2023 view source imported>L0b0 Undo revision 9411 by Winny (talk) - Nix channels are not deprecated, and provide reproducibility just fine. Flakes are unstable, so we shouldn't recommend them yet. Newer edit →
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	~~{{Warning\|Nix channel are considered deprecated by the NixOS community. Please consider migrating to [[flakes]].}}~~

	Nixpkgs is the git repository containing all packages and NixOS modules/expressions. Installing packages directly from the master branch of the Nixpkgs repo is possible, but risky, since git commits are merged into master before being heavily tested. That's where channels are useful.		Nixpkgs is the git repository containing all packages and NixOS modules/expressions. Installing packages directly from the master branch of the Nixpkgs repo is possible, but risky, since git commits are merged into master before being heavily tested. That's where channels are useful.