Nixpkgs should reduce package count. Waiting 2 days for unbound CVE patch merge is unbearable.

pasc1878 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They could improve that speed if they had more hardware to do the needed rebuilds.

I hope you are paying them something.

shim__ an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There needs to be another repository with less stringent standards, nixpkgs should be for core libs and system applications

	▲	Cyph0n 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That’s where flakes come in. Flakehub is one attempt at solving the discovery problem. For example: https://flakehub.com/flake/nix-community/disko?view=usage.

bouk 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You don't have to wait? You just have to compile matter yourself

Diti 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ask your favorite LLM to write an overlay for whichever package you need patches applied for before they hit Nixpkgs.

amarshall 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Use nixos-unstable-small branch or backport the change and build yourself.