nixpkgs/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/packaging_request.md

---
name: Packaging requests
about: For packages that are missing
title: 'Package request: PACKAGENAME'
labels: '0.kind: packaging request'
assignees: ''

---

**Project description**

<!-- Describe the project a little: -->

**Metadata**

* homepage URL:
* source URL:
* license: mit, bsd, gpl2+ , ...
* platforms: unix, linux, darwin, ...

---

Add a :+1: [reaction] to [issues you find important].

[reaction]: https://github.blog/2016-03-10-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/
[issues you find important]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc
github: use the new issue template (#64983) Create new categories for the issues: * Bug report * Packaging request * Security Add metadata information to the issues so that we may match issues to maintainers using a bot in the future. The old `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md` is being used by the "Open a regular issue." link. 2019-07-22 09:04:00 +00:00			`---`
			`name: Packaging requests`
			`about: For packages that are missing`
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE: Improvements 2022-12-04 11:25:43 +00:00			`title: 'Package request: PACKAGENAME'`
github: use the new issue template (#64983) Create new categories for the issues: * Bug report * Packaging request * Security Add metadata information to the issues so that we may match issues to maintainers using a bot in the future. The old `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md` is being used by the "Open a regular issue." link. 2019-07-22 09:04:00 +00:00			`labels: '0.kind: packaging request'`
			`assignees: ''`

			`---`

			`Project description`
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE: Improvements 2022-12-04 11:25:43 +00:00
			`<!-- Describe the project a little: -->`
github: use the new issue template (#64983) Create new categories for the issues: * Bug report * Packaging request * Security Add metadata information to the issues so that we may match issues to maintainers using a bot in the future. The old `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md` is being used by the "Open a regular issue." link. 2019-07-22 09:04:00 +00:00
			`Metadata`

			`* homepage URL:`
			`* source URL:`
			`* license: mit, bsd, gpl2+ , ...`
			`* platforms: unix, linux, darwin, ...`
Encourage +1's for prioritisation Adds a small text to each issue and the PR template to encourage people to use :+1:'s for issues they're also interested in. See https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/issues/359 for more information Co-Authored-By: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> 2023-11-21 06:00:18 +00:00
.github: removing "Priorities" heading Where this was a markdown heading, it sometimes had the wrong weight so it appeared as if it was a subheading of the previous section, and some people feel the word "Priorities" creates misleading expectations. Link: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/203969/files#r1037761779 2023-11-21 19:36:04 +00:00			`---`
Encourage +1's for prioritisation Adds a small text to each issue and the PR template to encourage people to use :+1:'s for issues they're also interested in. See https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/issues/359 for more information Co-Authored-By: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io> 2023-11-21 06:00:18 +00:00
			`Add a :+1: [reaction] to [issues you find important].`

			`[reaction]: https://github.blog/2016-03-10-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/`
			`[issues you find important]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc`