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See also that there are comparatively few maintainers, despite having a large amount of up to date packages.

This is the result of treating a distro as a software problem, versus the manual processes used in Debian, for example.

Which just means that the NixOS model scales better. While it is true that NixOS has a shortage of maintainers with commit privileges, I fail to see how that makes the "manual process" any better. Besides, all packages in NixOS still go through manual review, you know.

Edit: I forgot to mention, the maintainer shortage problem is a result of a series of policy decisions surrounding NixOS, and not even something inherent to Nix.

My comment was meant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NixOS model. Debian relies on the blood, sweat and tears of maintainers, with weak steps towards automation: ( https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2019-03-10-debian-windin... https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/on_leaving/

> My comment was meant to demonstrate the effectiveness of the NixOS model

Sorry, it looks like I misunderstood your comment.

> Debian relies on the blood, sweat and tears of maintainers, with weak steps towards automation

I do wonder how they manage to maintain the number and quality of their packages sometimes.

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