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The NixOS RFC Process

History The NixOS RFC process was established in March 2017, initiated by zimbatm, teh and Moretea in order to standardise a process to find an agreement on larger changes to Nix/NixOS/Nixpkgs and the ecosystem in general. Over the following one and a half years a few uncontroversial RFCs were merged but for most of the RFCs that needed further discussion nobody felt responsible to make a decision. That is the reason RFC 36 was written in collaboration with most core Nix/Nixpkgs members at the last NixCon and merged in December 2018 in order to streamline the process and define clearer responsibilities.

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