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Remove fem-fenics, level-set, parallel, sparsersb, tisean, vibes, and vrml packages which have been marked broken since NixOS 24.05 and remain unfixed.

Per RFC 180, packages broken for a full release cycle are subject to removal.

NixOS/rfcs#180

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  • Ran nixpkgs-review on this PR. See nixpkgs-review usage.
  • Tested basic functionality of all binary files, usually in ./result/bin/.
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    • Package update: when the change is major or breaking.
  • NixOS Release Notes
    • Module addition: when adding a new NixOS module.
    • Module update: when the change is significant.
  • Fits CONTRIBUTING.md, pkgs/README.md, maintainers/README.md and other READMEs.

Remove fem-fenics, level-set, parallel, sparsersb, tisean, vibes, and
vrml packages which have been marked broken since NixOS 24.05 and
remain unfixed.

Per RFC 180, packages broken for a full release cycle are subject
to removal.

NixOS/rfcs#180
@nixpkgs-ci nixpkgs-ci Bot added 10.rebuild-darwin: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild on Darwin. 10.rebuild-linux: 0 This PR does not cause any packages to rebuild on Linux. 9.needs: reviewer This PR currently has no reviewers requested and needs attention. labels Feb 5, 2026
@Mic92 Mic92 added this pull request to the merge queue Feb 12, 2026
Merged via the queue into NixOS:master with commit 955bae7 Feb 12, 2026
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@Mic92 Mic92 deleted the remove/octavePackages-broken branch February 12, 2026 07:58
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