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-# Checklist for maintainers
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-Maintainers: tick if completed or explain if not relevant
-
- - [ ] agreed on idea
- - [ ] agreed on implementation strategy
- - [ ] tests, as appropriate
-   - functional tests - `tests/**.sh`
-   - unit tests - `src/*/tests`
-   - integration tests - `tests/nixos/*`
- - [ ] documentation in the manual
- - [ ] documentation in the internal API docs
- - [ ] code and comments are self-explanatory
- - [ ] commit message explains why the change was made
- - [ ] new feature or incompatible change: updated release notes
-
 # Priorities
 
 Add :+1: to [pull requests you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).