···3434If you're adding yourself as a maintainer as part of another PR (in which you become a maintainer of a package, for example), make your change to
3535`maintainer-list.nix` in a separate commit titled `maintainers: add <name>`.
36363737-### How to lose maintainer status
3737+### Losing maintainer status
38383939-Maintainers who have become inactive on a given package can be removed.
3939+Maintainers who have become inactive can be removed.
4040This helps us keep an accurate view of the state of maintenance in Nixpkgs.
41414242The inactivity measure is currently not strictly enforced.
4343We would typically look at it if we notice that the author hasn't reacted to package-related notifications for more than 3 months.
44444545-Removing the maintainer happens by making a PR on the package, adding that person as a reviewer, and then waiting a week for a reaction.
4545+Removing the maintainer happens by making a PR, adding that person as a reviewer, and then waiting a week for a reaction.
46464747The maintainer is welcome to come back at any time.
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maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
···11/*
22- List of NixOS maintainers.
22+ List of active NixOS maintainers.
33 ```nix
44 handle = {
55 # Required