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maintaining.md: add note about flake.nix / lock update

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Signed-off-by: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
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@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ Reference commits:
- Change `isReleaseBranch` from `false` to `true` - Change `isReleaseBranch` from `false` to `true`
- Do NOT change the `release` field (it's already correct from Step 1) - Do NOT change the `release` field (it's already correct from Step 1)
2. **flake.nix**
- Update the nixpkgs input to track the corresponding stable branch
- Example: For `release-25.11`, change from:
```nix
inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
```
to:
```nix
inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
```
- Run `nix flake update` to update flake.lock to the stable branch
- Commit the flake.nix and flake.lock changes
**Note**: The release branch should track the stable NixOS release channel
(e.g., `nixos-25.11`), while master continues to track `nixos-unstable`.
#### Step 3.5: On master - Update CI for the New Release Branch #### Step 3.5: On master - Update CI for the New Release Branch
**When**: After marking the release branch as a release branch (Step 3) **When**: After marking the release branch as a release branch (Step 3)