[thespoonbends]

See also that there are comparatively few maintainers, despite having a large amount of up to date packages.

This is the result of treating a distro as a software problem, versus the manual processes used in Debian, for example.

[soraminazuki]

Which just means that the NixOS model scales better. While it is true that NixOS has a shortage of maintainers with commit privileges, I fail to see how that makes the "manual process" any better. Besides, all packages in NixOS still go through manual review, you know.

Edit: I forgot to mention, the maintainer shortage problem is a result of a series of policy decisions surrounding NixOS, and not even something inherent to Nix.

[thespoonbends]

My comment was meant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NixOS model. Debian relies on the blood, sweat and tears of maintainers, with weak steps towards automation: ( https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2019-03-10-debian-windin... https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/on_leaving/

[soraminazuki]

> My comment was meant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NixOS model

Sorry, it looks like I misunderstood your comment.

> Debian relies on the blood, sweat and tears of maintainers, with weak steps towards automation

I do wonder how they manage to maintain the number and quality of their packages sometimes.