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by bjornsing 812 days ago
> Nixpkgs doesn't include the packaged software source code, so it's a lot more practical than what Debian is doing.

This is the key difference. OpenWRT is a “monorepo” too, but it downloads tar balls etc of the upstream software. Makes sense.

Putting the source code of the upstream software in a monorepo sounds like a nightmare…