···4040[`maintainer-list.nix`](./maintainer-list.nix), and then to the desired
4141package's `meta.maintainers` list, and send a PR with the changes.
42424343+If you're adding yourself as a maintainer as part of another PR (in which
4444+you become a maintainer of a package, for example), make your change to
4545+`maintainer-list.nix` in a separate commit.
4646+4347### How to lose maintainer status
44484549Maintainers who have become inactive on a given package can be removed. This
+2
pkgs/README.md
···113113114114 - Add yourself as the maintainer of the package.
115115116116+ - If this is your first time contributing (welcome!), [add yourself to the maintainers list](../maintainers/README.md#how-to-become-a-maintainer) in a separate commit.
117117+116118 - All other [`meta`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-meta) attributes are optional, but it’s still a good idea to provide at least the `description`, `homepage` and [`license`](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-meta-license).
117119118120 - The exact syntax and semantics of the Nix expression language, including the built-in functions, are [Nix language reference](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/language/).