> Nixpkgs doesn't include the packaged software source code, so it's a lot more practical than what Debian is doing. This is the key difference. OpenWRT is a “

> Nixpkgs doesn't include the packaged software source code, so it's a lot more practical than what Debian is doing. This is the key difference. OpenWRT is a “monorepo” too, but it downloads tar balls etc of the upstream software. Makes sense. Putting the source code of the upstream software in a monorepo sounds like a nightmare…