# Submitting changes {#chap-submitting-changes}

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## Submitting changes {#submitting-changes-submitting-changes}

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## Submitting security fixes {#submitting-changes-submitting-security-fixes}

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## Deprecating/removing packages {#submitting-changes-deprecating-packages}

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### Steps to remove a package from Nixpkgs {#steps-to-remove-a-package-from-nixpkgs}

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## Pull Request Template {#submitting-changes-pull-request-template}

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### Tested using sandboxing {#submitting-changes-tested-with-sandbox}

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### Built on platform(s) {#submitting-changes-platform-diversity}

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### Tested via one or more NixOS test(s) if existing and applicable for the change (look inside nixos/tests) {#submitting-changes-nixos-tests}

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### Tested compilation of all pkgs that depend on this change using `nixpkgs-review` {#submitting-changes-tested-compilation}

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### Tested execution of all binary files (usually in `./result/bin/`) {#submitting-changes-tested-execution}

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### Meets Nixpkgs contribution standards {#submitting-changes-contribution-standards}

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## Hotfixing pull requests {#submitting-changes-hotfixing-pull-requests}

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## Commit policy {#submitting-changes-commit-policy}

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### Branches {#submitting-changes-branches}

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#### Master branch {#submitting-changes-master-branch}

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#### Staging branch {#submitting-changes-staging-branch}

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#### Staging-next branch {#submitting-changes-staging-next-branch}

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#### Stable release branches {#submitting-changes-stable-release-branches}

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#### Automatically backporting a Pull Request {#submitting-changes-stable-release-branches-automatic-backports}

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#### Manually backporting changes {#submitting-changes-stable-release-branches-manual-backports}

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#### Acceptable backport criteria {#acceptable-backport-criteria}

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