Developed by Lassulus and Mic92 during #Oceansprint, we proudly introduce the
nixpkgs-merge-bot. Celebrating the milestone of 5000 concurrent open pull
requests on nixpkgs, we're enhancing the merging process with this bot! 🎉
See also approving changes below, for how the mergebot can evolve beyond the RFC.
This bot empowers package maintainers by granting them the capability to merge PRs related to their own packages. It serves as a bridge for maintainers to quickly respond to user feedback, facilitating a more self-reliant approach. Especially when considering the scale of 3030 maintainers compared to just 203 committers, this bot is a game-changer.
To merge a PR, maintainers simply need to comment:
@NixOS/nixpkgs-merge-bot merge
Upon invocation, the bot will verify if the conditions are suitable. If everything is in order, it merges the PR. Otherwise, it provides feedback through a comment detailing the discrepancies.
We can be found on the nixpkgs-ci matrix channel.
To ensure security and a focused utility, the bot adheres to specific limitations:
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Only compatible with packages located under
pkgs/by-name/*. -
For now we only allow pull requests done by r-ryantm or committers to be merged
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Supports merging only into the
master,staging, andstaging-nextbranches.
As with any project, fixes, improvements, and other changes are expected.
Usually, such changes can be approved internally by the @NixOS/nixpkgs-ci team and other repository collaborators. However, changes that increase the scope of what the mergebot will merge or who can trigger merging will typically require additional acknowledgement from a "higher power".
Such "higher powers" include anyone responsible for deciding who can merge things into nixpkgs, principally:
- The @NixOS/commit-bit-delegation
- The @NixOS/nixpkgs-core team
A ping for approval not responded to within a week will usually be interpreted as a silent acknowledgement.
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