[Nix-dev] A bunch of patches to nixpkgs and questions

[Michael Raskin]

>> Sending patch to mailing list can be done with a single
>> pipeline command in shell...
>>
>> So yes, for simple fixes pull request is more effort than contributing
>> the fix would save.
>No doubt, we _must_ still accept contributions by `git format-patch` from
>those who prefer it.

I would say that the project will choke anyway unless more than half of 
regular contributors will have commit access. Given the previous
experience.