• John Richard@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Well there is this thing called DevOps where you scan repos and have packages get built and pushed automatically… not sure if you’ve ever heard of it. I think it is called CI/CD. /s

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        1 month ago

        The nixpkgs community has been operating and maintaining nixpkgs-update since 2018. Earlier in the thread, you were shown the infamous Repology graph; it’s also linked from the nixpkgs-update documentation. We already have a concerted plan to offer the freshest ports tree in the world and are executing on it. If your particular pet package isn’t available, then contribute it yourself and the bot will ensure that it stays fresh and updated.

        • John Richard@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Lol… pet package? You act like these packages I’m referring to are ones that no one is using. These are highly popular packages where winget is getting updates way before Nix. Flathub is doing a better job at keeping packages updated in some instances. Something must be broken with the tool you mention if you think it is keeping packages updated.