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What to backport:


Security patches which aren't major updates
If a security patch is a major upgrade, try and find patches to our
current version which accomplish the same goal. Apply the major
update to master, and the patches to stable.
Bug fixes to applications which, again, aren't major updates.
Generally be cautious about these.
Any updates when the current stable version is utterly broken. A
key example of this is Spotify, who regularly breaks their old
versions.
Extremely security-sensitive software, in particular Chrome,
Chromium, Firefox, Thunderbird, and of course the kernel.

Don't backport if ...


the patch is just for Darwin, they use nixpkgs-unstable not a
stable branch.

What is staging?

Staging exists to "pre-build" very large and sensitive changes. This
is especially important for contributors, where trying to test a
simple change may mean they have to build hundreds of packages in
order to test it.
Staging can also be used to test big upgrades like coreutils, or a gcc
major version bump, where it may create lots of subsequently broken
packages.
Which channel is right for me?

You probably want to use the current stable, ie: nixos-18.03.
nixos-18.03 comes from the release-18.03 branch on GitHub. It
maintains some package version stability over its six-month life,
providing better guarantees that your system will keep working without
major changes for the life of the release.
The stable branch also gets timely security patches delivered through
channels.
The channels beginning with the nixos- prefix are thoroughly tested
from the perspective of being an operating system. This means we test
the X server, KDE, various servers, and lower level details like
installing bootloaders and runnning the nixos installation steps. This
is in contrast to the nixpkgs- channel prefix, where only limited
testing is performed.
If you want to live on the bleading edge, perhaps nixos-unstable is
right for you. It very frequently receives patches and updates that
make larger version jumps than the stable branch.
The unstable branch also regularly receives security patches, however
sometimes it can take several weeks for security patches to end up in
the channels, due to test being broken.
If you are only using Nix as a package manager, perhaps the
nixpkgs-unstable branch is better for you. This channel is very
frequently updated, but does not receive the thorough testing the
NixOS channels receive. DO NOT USE THIS FOR NIXOS.

  
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