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fuse2: drop

1.severity: securityIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix oneIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one

1.severity: significantNovel ideas, large API changes, notable refactorings, issues with RFC potential, etc.Novel ideas, large API changes, notable refactorings, issues with RFC potential, etc.

2.status: wait for branch‐offWaiting for the next Nixpkgs branch‐offWaiting for the next Nixpkgs branch‐off

Status: Open (in progress).

NixOS/nixpkgsnumber 521536

#521536 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· jackrosenberg opened on May 18, 2026

texlive: deprecate texlive.combine and other improvements for 24.11

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: TeXIssues regarding texlive and TeX in generalIssues regarding texlive and TeX in general

Status: Open.

#302339 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· xworld21 opened on Apr 7, 2024

gnome-software: Missing icon during update refresh

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

Status: Open.

#408341 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· schuelermine opened on May 18, 2025

rawtherapee: cannot open DNG files

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

Status: Open.

#423413 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· yajo opened on Jul 8, 2025

texlive: switch to buildEnv/withPackages

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: TeXIssues regarding texlive and TeX in generalIssues regarding texlive and TeX in general

Status: Open.

#250243 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· xworld21 opened on Aug 19, 2023

deduplicate the native and cross bootstraps

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

Status: Open.

#263684 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· ghost opened on Oct 27, 2023

dhcpcd: fails to acquire an IPv4 address

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

Status: Open.

#283628 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· deepfire opened on Jan 24, 2024

Split boost into multiple packages

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: closure sizeThe final size of a derivation, including its dependenciesThe final size of a derivation, including its dependencies

Status: Open.

#45462 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· edolstra opened on Aug 22, 2018

Plymouth does not show password prompt with encrypted root

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#26722 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· Slabity opened on Jun 20, 2017

Provide options for storing secrets outside the Nix store

1.severity: securityIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix oneIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one

5.scope: trackingLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problemsLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problems

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#24288 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· basvandijk opened on Mar 24, 2017

systemd: Interactions of restartIfChanged, reloadIfChanged, stopIfChanged is fragile

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#49528 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· arianvp opened on Oct 31, 2018

Get rid of "infixSalt" hacks, use proper roles

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

6.topic: cross-compilationBuilding packages on a different platform than they will be used onBuilding packages on a different platform than they will be used on

9.needs: clean-upSomebody please clean up this mess!Somebody please clean up this mess!

Status: Open.

#54502 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· matthewbauer opened on Jan 23, 2019

nixos-container with user namespace enabled

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

6.topic: nixos-containerImperative and declarative systemd-nspawn containersImperative and declarative systemd-nspawn containers

Status: Open.

#57083 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· uvNikita opened on Mar 8, 2019

Doc missing: Deprecation process

6.topic: policy discussionDiscuss policies to work in and around NixpkgsDiscuss policies to work in and around Nixpkgs

9.needs: documentationThis needs to be documented well.This needs to be documented well.

Status: Open.

#64296 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· matthiasbeyer opened on Jul 4, 2019

Request for fail-safe rollback feature

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#65477 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· deliciouslytyped opened on Jul 27, 2019

Split gettext into multiple packages

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

6.topic: closure sizeThe final size of a derivation, including its dependenciesThe final size of a derivation, including its dependencies

Status: Open.

#73288 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· jtojnar opened on Nov 12, 2019

Document how gtk themes and propagatedUserEnvPkgs work

6.topic: GNOMEGNOME desktop environment and its underlying platformGNOME desktop environment and its underlying platform

6.topic: xfceThe Xfce Desktop EnvironmentThe Xfce Desktop Environment

9.needs: documentationThis needs to be documented well.This needs to be documented well.

Status: Open.

#73967 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· nh2 opened on Nov 23, 2019

Improve documentation around building python packages with poetry

6.topic: pythonPython is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.

9.needs: documentationThis needs to be documented well.This needs to be documented well.

Status: Open.

#78442 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· jonringer opened on Jan 24, 2020

do not invoke wrapProgram directly, make a wrapProgramsHook

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

Status: Open.

#78792 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· worldofpeace opened on Jan 29, 2020

Use systemd-run for nixos-container run again

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

0.kind: regressionSomething that worked before working no longerSomething that worked before working no longer

6.topic: nixos-containerImperative and declarative systemd-nspawn containersImperative and declarative systemd-nspawn containers

Status: Open.

#83432 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· Ma27 opened on Mar 26, 2020

Nixpkgs manual: Add section about using CMake

0.kind: enhancementAdd something new or improve an existing system.Add something new or improve an existing system.

9.needs: documentationThis needs to be documented well.This needs to be documented well.

Status: Open.

#102104 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· jonringer opened on Oct 29, 2020

NixOS modules: chmod leaves opportunity to leak secrets

1.severity: securityIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix oneIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one

3.skill: sprintableA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasksA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasks

5.scope: trackingLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problemsLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problems

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#121293 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· dotlambda opened on Apr 30, 2021

nftables module: absorb into firewall module, rename ruleset options

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

6.topic: nixosIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOSIssues or PRs affecting NixOS modules, or package usability issues specific to NixOS

Status: Open.

#161428 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· flokli opened on Feb 22, 2022

Tracking: Migrate from PCRE to PCRE2

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

1.severity: securityIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix oneIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one

3.skill: good-first-bugThis seems like it's fixable by a non-expertThis seems like it's fixable by a non-expert

3.skill: sprintableA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasksA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasks

5.scope: trackingLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problemsLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problems

6.topic: old-versionsTickets pertaining to ongoing support of outdated versions of packagesTickets pertaining to ongoing support of outdated versions of packages

Status: Open.

#356387 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· emilazy opened on Nov 16, 2024

Tracking: Migrate from fuse (2.x) to fuse3 (3.x)

0.kind: bugSomething is brokenSomething is broken

1.severity: securityIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix oneIssues which raise a security issue, or PRs that fix one

3.skill: good-first-bugThis seems like it's fixable by a non-expertThis seems like it's fixable by a non-expert

3.skill: sprintableA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasksA larger issue which is split into distinct actionable tasks

5.scope: trackingLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problemsLong-lived issue tracking long-term fixes or multiple sub-problems

6.topic: old-versionsTickets pertaining to ongoing support of outdated versions of packagesTickets pertaining to ongoing support of outdated versions of packages

Status: Open.

#526161 In NixOS/nixpkgs;

· mweinelt opened on May 30, 2026