diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 51db092ccefe..d18eb30642c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ mapAliases {
   _2048-cli = throw "'_2048-cli' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
   _2048-cli-curses = throw "'_2048-cli-curses' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
   _2048-cli-terminal = throw "'_2048-cli-curses' has been removed due to archived upstream. Consider using '_2048-in-terminal' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
-  _5etools = throw "'_5etools' has been removed, as upstream is in a questionable legal position and the build was broken.";
+  _5etools = throw "'_5etools' has been removed, as upstream is in a questionable legal position and the build was broken."; # Added 2025-05-05
   "7z2hashcat" =
     throw "'7z2hashcat' has been renamed to '_7z2hashcat' as the former isn't a valid variable name."; # Added 2024-11-27
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ mapAliases {
   acousticbrainz-client = throw "acousticbrainz-client has been removed since the AcousticBrainz project has been shut down"; # Added 2024-06-04
   adminer-pematon = adminneo; # Added 2025-02-20
   adminerneo = adminneo; # Added 2025-02-27
-  adtool = throw "'adtool' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained";
+  adtool = throw "'adtool' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-02-14
   adobe-reader = throw "'adobe-reader' has been removed, as it was broken, outdated and insecure"; # added 2025-05-31
   adom = throw "'adom' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-09
   adoptopenjdk-bin = throw "adoptopenjdk has been removed as the upstream project is deprecated. Consider using `temurin-bin`"; # Added 2024-05-09
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ mapAliases {
   aeon = throw "aeon has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
   afl = throw "afl has been removed as the upstream project was archived. Consider using 'aflplusplus'"; # Added 2024-04-21
   afpfs-ng = throw "'afpfs-ng' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained for 10 years"; # Added 2025-05-17
-  agda-pkg = throw "agda-pkg has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2024-09-10"
+  agda-pkg = throw "agda-pkg has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2024-09-10
   ajour = throw "ajour has been removed, the project was archived upstream on 2024-09-17."; # Added 2025-03-12
   akkoma-emoji = recurseIntoAttrs {
     blobs_gg = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'akkoma-emoji.blobs_gg' has been renamed to 'blobs_gg'" blobs_gg; # Added 2025-03-14
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ mapAliases {
   ansible_2_14 = throw "Ansible 2.14 goes end of life in 2024/05 and can't be supported throughout the 24.05 release cycle"; # Added 2024-04-11
   ansible_2_15 = throw "Ansible 2.15 goes end of life in 2024/11 and can't be supported throughout the 24.11 release cycle"; # Added 2024-11-08
   ansible-later = throw "ansible-later has been discontinued. The author recommends switching to ansible-lint"; # Added 2025-08-24
-  antennas = throw "antennas has been removed as it only works with tvheadend, which nobody was willing to maintain and was stuck on an unmaintained version that required FFmpeg 4; please see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332259 if you are interested in maintaining a newer version"; # Added 2024-08-21
+  antennas = throw "antennas has been removed as it only works with tvheadend, which nobody was willing to maintain and was stuck on an unmaintained version that required FFmpeg 4. Please see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332259 if you are interested in maintaining a newer version"; # Added 2024-08-21
   androidndkPkgs_21 = throw "androidndkPkgs_21 has been removed, as it is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-09
   androidndkPkgs_23 = throw "androidndkPkgs_23 has been removed, as it is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-09
   androidndkPkgs_23b = throw "androidndkPkgs_23b has been removed, as it is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-09
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ mapAliases {
   autoconf213 = throw "'autoconf213' has been removed in favor of 'autoconf'"; # Added 2025-07-21
   autoconf264 = throw "'autoconf264' has been removed in favor of 'autoconf'"; # Added 2025-07-21
   automake111x = throw "'automake111x' has been removed in favor of 'automake'"; # Added 2025-07-21
-  autoReconfHook = throw "You meant 'autoreconfHook', with a lowercase 'r'."; # preserve
+  autoReconfHook = throw "You meant 'autoreconfHook', with a lowercase 'r'."; # preserve, reason: common typo
   autoreconfHook264 = throw "'autoreconfHook264' has been removed in favor of 'autoreconfHook'"; # Added 2025-07-21
   aumix = throw "'aumix' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pamixer' for CLI or 'pavucontrol' for GUI"; # Added 2024-09-14
   authy = throw "'authy' has been removed since it reached end of life"; # Added 2024-04-19
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ mapAliases {
   backlight-auto = throw "'backlight-auto' has been removed as it relies on Zig 0.12 which has been dropped."; # Added 2025-08-22
   badtouch = authoscope; # Project was renamed, added 20210626
   badwolf = throw "'badwolf' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-04-15
-  baget = throw "'baget' has been removed due to being unmaintained";
+  baget = throw "'baget' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2023-03-19
   bandwidth = throw "'bandwidth' has been removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2025-09-01
   banking = saldo; # added 2025-08-29
   base16-builder = throw "'base16-builder' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-06-03
@@ -516,9 +516,9 @@ mapAliases {
   betterbird-unwrapped = throw "betterbird has been removed as there were insufficient maintainer resources to keep up with security updates"; # Added 2024-10-25
   bibata-extra-cursors = throw "bibata-cursors has been removed as it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   bitbucket-server-cli = throw "bitbucket-server-cli has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2025-05-27
-  bitcoin-abc = throw "bitcoin-abc has been removed due to a lack of maintanance"; # Added 2026-06-17
+  bitcoin-abc = throw "bitcoin-abc has been removed due to a lack of maintanance"; # Added 2025-06-17
   bitcoin-unlimited = throw "bitcoin-unlimited has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
-  bitcoind-abc = throw "bitcoind-abc has been removed due to a lack of maintanance"; # Added 2026-06-17
+  bitcoind-abc = throw "bitcoind-abc has been removed due to a lack of maintanance"; # Added 2025-06-17
   bitcoind-unlimited = throw "bitcoind-unlimited has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-07-15
   bird = throw "The bird alias was ambiguous and has been removed for the time being. Please explicitly choose bird2 or bird3."; # Added 2025-01-11
   bisq-desktop = throw "bisq-desktop has been removed because OpenJFX 11 was removed"; # Added 2024-11-17
@@ -555,17 +555,15 @@ mapAliases {
   buildXenPackage = throw "'buildXenPackage' has been removed as a custom Xen build can now be achieved by simply overriding 'xen'."; # Added 2025-05-12
 
   bwidget = tclPackages.bwidget; # Added 2024-10-02
-  # Shorter names; keep the longer name for back-compat. Added 2023-04-11. Warning added on 2024-12-16. Removed on 2025-05-31
-  buildFHSUserEnv = throw "'buildFHSUserEnv' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnv' and was removed in 25.11";
-  buildFHSUserEnvChroot = throw "'buildFHSUserEnvChroot' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnvChroot' and was removed in 25.11";
-  buildFHSUserEnvBubblewrap = throw "'buildFHSUserEnvBubblewrap' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnvBubblewrap' and was removed in 25.11";
+  buildFHSUserEnv = throw "'buildFHSUserEnv' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnv' and was removed in 25.11"; # Converted to throw 2025-06-01
+  buildFHSUserEnvChroot = throw "'buildFHSUserEnvChroot' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnvChroot' and was removed in 25.11"; # Converted to throw 2025-06-01
+  buildFHSUserEnvBubblewrap = throw "'buildFHSUserEnvBubblewrap' has been renamed to 'buildFHSEnvBubblewrap' and was removed in 25.11"; # Converted to throw 2025-06-01
 
-  # bitwarden_rs renamed to vaultwarden with release 1.21.0 (2021-04-30)
-  bitwarden_rs = vaultwarden;
-  bitwarden_rs-mysql = vaultwarden-mysql;
-  bitwarden_rs-postgresql = vaultwarden-postgresql;
-  bitwarden_rs-sqlite = vaultwarden-sqlite;
-  bitwarden_rs-vault = vaultwarden-vault;
+  bitwarden_rs = vaultwarden; # Added 2021-07-01
+  bitwarden_rs-mysql = vaultwarden-mysql; # Added 2021-07-01
+  bitwarden_rs-postgresql = vaultwarden-postgresql; # Added 2021-07-01
+  bitwarden_rs-sqlite = vaultwarden-sqlite; # Added 2021-07-01
+  bitwarden_rs-vault = vaultwarden-vault; # Added 2021-07-01
 
   ### C ###
 
@@ -574,12 +572,12 @@ mapAliases {
   calculix = calculix-ccx; # Added 2024-12-18
   calligra = kdePackages.calligra; # Added 2024-09-27
   callPackage_i686 = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage;
-  cargo-asm = throw "'cargo-asm' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Consider 'cargo-show-asm' as an alternative.";
+  cargo-asm = throw "'cargo-asm' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Consider 'cargo-show-asm' as an alternative."; # Added 2025-01-29
   cask = emacs.pkgs.cask; # Added 2022-11-12
   catcli = throw "catcli has been superseded by gocatcli"; # Added 2025-04-19
   canonicalize-jars-hook = stripJavaArchivesHook; # Added 2024-03-17
   cargo-deps = throw "cargo-deps has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-04-09
-  cargo-espflash = espflash;
+  cargo-espflash = espflash; # Added 2024-02-09
   cargo-kcov = throw "'cargo-kcov' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   cargo-information = throw "'cargo-information' has been removed due to being merged upstream into 'cargo'"; # Added 2025-03-09
   cargo-inspect = throw "'cargo-inspect' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Upstream recommends cargo-expand."; # Added 2025-01-26
@@ -587,7 +585,7 @@ mapAliases {
   cargonode = throw "'cargonode' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-06-18
   cassandra_3_0 = throw "'cassandra_3_0' has been removed has it reached end-of-life"; # Added 2025-03-23
   cassandra_3_11 = throw "'cassandra_3_11' has been removed has it reached end-of-life"; # Added 2025-03-23
-  cawbird = throw "cawbird has been abandoned upstream and is broken anyways due to Twitter closing its API";
+  cawbird = throw "cawbird has been abandoned upstream and is broken anyways due to Twitter closing its API"; # Added 2023-09-05
   catalyst-browser = throw "'catalyst-browser' has been removed due to a lack of maintenance and not satisfying our security criteria for browsers."; # Added 2025-06-25
   cataract = throw "'cataract' has been removed due to a lack of maintenace"; # Added 2025-08-25
   cataract-unstable = throw "'cataract-unstable' has been removed due to a lack of maintenace"; # Added 2025-08-25
@@ -697,16 +695,16 @@ mapAliases {
   cvs_fast_export = throw "'cvs_fast_export' has been renamed to/replaced by 'cvs-fast-export'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   cyber = throw "cyber has been removed, as it does not build with supported Zig versions"; # Added 2025-08-09
 
-  # these are for convenience, not for backward compat and shouldn't expire
+  # these are for convenience, not for backward compat., and shouldn't expire until the package is deprecated.
   clang9Stdenv = throw "clang9Stdenv has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
-  clang12Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_12.stdenv;
-  clang13Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_13.stdenv;
-  clang14Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_14.stdenv;
-  clang15Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_15.stdenv;
-  clang16Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_16.stdenv;
-  clang17Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_17.stdenv;
-  clang18Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_18.stdenv;
-  clang19Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_19.stdenv;
+  clang12Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_12.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang13Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_13.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang14Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_14.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang15Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_15.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang16Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_16.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang17Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_17.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang18Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_18.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
+  clang19Stdenv = lowPrio llvmPackages_19.stdenv; # preserve, reason: see above
 
   clang-tools_9 = throw "clang-tools_9 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
   clang_9 = throw "clang_9 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
@@ -729,8 +727,8 @@ mapAliases {
   daq = throw "'daq' has been removed as it is unmaintained and broken. Snort2 has also been removed, which depended on this"; # Added 2025-05-21
   darling = throw "'darling' has been removed due to vendoring Python2"; # Added 2025-05-10
   dart_stable = throw "'dart_stable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dart'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-  dart-sass-embedded = throw "dart-sass-embedded has been removed from nixpkgs, as is now included in Dart Sass itself.";
-  dat = nodePackages.dat;
+  dart-sass-embedded = throw "dart-sass-embedded has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is now included in Dart Sass itself."; # Added 2023-10-25
+  dat = nodePackages.dat; # Added 2020-02-04
   dave = throw "'dave' has been removed as it has been archived upstream. Consider using 'webdav' instead"; # Added 2025-02-03
   daytona-bin = throw "'daytona-bin' has been removed, as it was unmaintained in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-07-21
   dbeaver = throw "'dbeaver' has been renamed to/replaced by 'dbeaver-bin'"; # Added 2024-05-16
@@ -742,13 +740,11 @@ mapAliases {
   dbus-sharp-glib-2_0 = throw "'dbus-sharp-glib-2_0' has been removed as it was unmaintained and had no dependents"; # Added 2025-08-25
   dclib = throw "'dclib' has been removed as it is unmaintained for 16 years and broken"; # Added 2025-05-25
   deadpixi-sam = deadpixi-sam-unstable;
-
   debugedit-unstable = throw "'debugedit-unstable' has been renamed to/replaced by 'debugedit'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   deepin = throw "the Deepin desktop environment and associated tools have been removed from nixpkgs due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-21
   degit-rs = throw "'degit-rs' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream and has vulnerable dependencies."; # Added 2025-07-11
   deltachat-cursed = arcanechat-tui; # added 2025-02-25
   deltachat-electron = throw "'deltachat-electron' has been renamed to/replaced by 'deltachat-desktop'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-
   demjson = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication demjson; # Added 2022-01-18
   devdash = throw "'devdash' has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2025-03-27
   devdocs-desktop = throw "'devdocs-desktop' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream and vendors insecure dependencies"; # Added 2025-06-11
@@ -789,14 +785,14 @@ mapAliases {
   dozenal = throw "dozenal has been removed because it does not compile and only minimal functionality"; # Added 2025-03-30
   dsd = throw "dsd has been removed, as it was broken and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-25
   dstat = throw "'dstat' has been removed because it has been unmaintained since 2020. Use 'dool' instead."; # Added 2025-01-21
-  drush = throw "drush as a standalone package has been removed because it's no longer supported as a standalone tool";
+  drush = throw "drush as a standalone package has been removed because it's no longer supported as a standalone tool"; # Added 2024-02-20
   dtv-scan-tables_linuxtv = dtv-scan-tables; # Added 2023-03-03
   dtv-scan-tables_tvheadend = dtv-scan-tables; # Added 2023-03-03
   du-dust = dust; # Added 2024-01-19
   duckstation = throw "'duckstation' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-03
   duckstation-bin = throw "'duckstation-bin' has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-03
   dump1090 = dump1090-fa; # Added 2024-02-12
-  dwfv = throw "'dwfv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance";
+  dwfv = throw "'dwfv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   dylibbundler = throw "'dylibbundler' has been renamed to/replaced by 'macdylibbundler'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
 
   ### E ###
@@ -816,7 +812,7 @@ mapAliases {
   edid-decode = v4l-utils; # Added 2025-06-20
   eidolon = throw "eidolon was removed as it is unmaintained upstream."; # Added 2025-05-28
   eintopf = lauti; # Project was renamed, added 2025-05-01
-  elasticsearch7Plugins = elasticsearchPlugins;
+  elasticsearch7Plugins = elasticsearchPlugins; # preserve, reason: until v8
   electronplayer = throw "'electronplayer' has been removed as it had been discontinued upstream since October 2024"; # Added 2024-12-17
   elm-github-install = throw "'elm-github-install' has been removed as it is abandoned upstream and only supports Elm 0.18.0"; # Added 2025-08-25
   element-desktop-wayland = throw "element-desktop-wayland has been removed. Consider setting NIXOS_OZONE_WL=1 via 'environment.sessionVariables' instead"; # Added 2024-12-17
@@ -853,7 +849,7 @@ mapAliases {
   eris-go = throw "'eris-go' has been removed due to a hostile upstream moving tags and breaking src FODs"; # Added 2025-09-01
   eriscmd = throw "'eriscmd' has been removed due to a hostile upstream moving tags and breaking src FODs"; # Added 2025-09-01
 
-  erlang_24 = throw "erlang_24 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream";
+  erlang_24 = throw "erlang_24 has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2024-12-26
   erlang_27-rc3 = throw "erlang_27-rc3 has been removed in favor of erlang_27"; # added 2024-05-20
   erlang_nox = throw "erlang_nox has been removed in favor of beam_minimal.packages.erlang or beamMinimalPackages.erlang"; # added 2025-04-01
   erlangR24 = throw "erlangR24 has been removed in favor of erlang_24"; # added 2024-05-24
@@ -871,11 +867,9 @@ mapAliases {
   erlangR26_odbc_javac = throw "erlangR26_odbc_javac has been removed in favor of erlang_26_odbc_javac"; # added 2024-05-24
 
   erlang_language_platform = throw "erlang_language_platform has been renamed erlang-language-platform"; # added 2025-04-04
-
   est-sfs = throw "'est-sfs' has been removed as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-05-18
-
   ethabi = throw "ethabi has been removed due to lack of maintainence upstream and no updates in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-07-16
-  eww-wayland = lib.warnOnInstantiate "eww now can build for X11 and wayland simultaneously, so `eww-wayland` is deprecated, use the normal `eww` package instead." eww;
+  eww-wayland = lib.warnOnInstantiate "eww now can build for X11 and wayland simultaneously, so `eww-wayland` is deprecated, use the normal `eww` package instead." eww; # Added 2024-02-17
 
   ### F ###
 
@@ -892,23 +886,23 @@ mapAliases {
   fdr = throw "fdr has been removed, as it cannot be built from source and depends on Python 2.x"; # Added 2025-03-19
   inherit (luaPackages) fennel; # Added 2022-09-24
   ferdi = throw "'ferdi' has been removed, upstream does not exist anymore and the package is insecure"; # Added 2024-08-22
-  fetchFromGithub = throw "You meant fetchFromGitHub, with a capital H"; # preserve
+  fetchFromGithub = throw "You meant fetchFromGitHub, with a capital H"; # preserve, reason: common typo
   ffmpeg_5 = throw "ffmpeg_5 has been removed, please use another version"; # Added 2024-07-12
   ffmpeg_5-headless = throw "ffmpeg_5-headless has been removed, please use another version"; # Added 2024-07-12
   ffmpeg_5-full = throw "ffmpeg_5-full has been removed, please use another version"; # Added 2024-07-12
   FIL-plugins = fil-plugins; # Added 2024-06-12
   fileschanged = throw "'fileschanged' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2024-04-19
   filet = throw "'filet' has been removed as the upstream repo has been deleted"; # Added 2025-02-07
-  finger_bsd = bsd-finger;
-  fingerd_bsd = bsd-fingerd;
+  finger_bsd = bsd-finger; # Added 2022-03-14
+  fingerd_bsd = bsd-fingerd; # Added 2022-03-14
   fira-code-nerdfont = lib.warnOnInstantiate "fira-code-nerdfont is redundant. Use nerd-fonts.fira-code instead." nerd-fonts.fira-code; # Added 2024-11-10
   firebird_2_5 = throw "'firebird_2_5' has been removed as it has reached end-of-life and does not build."; # Added 2025-06-10
-  firefox-beta-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`firefox-beta-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-beta` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-beta;
-  firefox-devedition-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`firefox-devedition-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-devedition` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-devedition;
-  firefox-esr-115 = throw "The Firefox 115 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr` or `firefox-esr-128` instead.";
-  firefox-esr-115-unwrapped = throw "The Firefox 115 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr-unwrapped` or `firefox-esr-128-unwrapped` instead.";
-  firefox-esr-128 = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr` or `firefox-esr-140` instead.";
-  firefox-esr-128-unwrapped = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr-unwrapped` or `firefox-esr-140-unwrapped` instead.";
+  firefox-beta-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`firefox-beta-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-beta` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-beta; # Added 2025-06-06
+  firefox-devedition-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`firefox-devedition-bin` is removed.  Please use `firefox-devedition` or `firefox-bin` instead." firefox-devedition; # Added 2025-06-06
+  firefox-esr-115 = throw "The Firefox 115 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr` or `firefox-esr-128` instead."; # Added 2024-10-13
+  firefox-esr-115-unwrapped = throw "The Firefox 115 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr-unwrapped` or `firefox-esr-128-unwrapped` instead."; # Added 2024-10-13
+  firefox-esr-128 = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr` or `firefox-esr-140` instead."; # Added 2025-08-21
+  firefox-esr-128-unwrapped = throw "The Firefox 128 ESR series has reached its end of life. Upgrade to `firefox-esr-unwrapped` or `firefox-esr-140-unwrapped` instead."; # Added 2025-08-21
   firefox-wayland = firefox; # Added 2022-11-15
   firmwareLinuxNonfree = linux-firmware; # Added 2022-01-09
   fishfight = jumpy; # Added 2022-08-03
@@ -1000,8 +994,8 @@ mapAliases {
   gdc11 = throw "gdc11 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gdmd = throw "gdmd has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it depends on GDC which was removed"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gdome2 = throw "'gdome2' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it is umaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2024-12-29
-  geocode-glib = throw "throw 'geocode-glib' has been removed, as it was unused and used outdated libraries"; # Added 2025-04-16
-  geos_3_11 = throw "geos_3_11 has been removed from nixpgks. Please use a more recent 'geos' instead.";
+  geocode-glib = throw "'geocode-glib' has been removed, as it was unused and used outdated libraries"; # Added 2025-04-16
+  geos_3_11 = throw "geos_3_11 has been removed from nixpkgs. Please use a more recent 'geos' instead."; # Added 2024-11-29
   gfbgraph = throw "'gfbgraph' has been removed as it was archived upstream and unused in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-04-20
   gfortran48 = throw "'gfortran48' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-09-10
   gfortran49 = throw "'gfortran49' has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-09-11
@@ -1035,19 +1029,19 @@ mapAliases {
 
     Consider migrating to forgejo or gitea.
   ''; # Added 2024-10-12
-  git-backup = throw "git-backup has been removed, as it has been abandoned upstream. Consider using git-backup-go instead.";
+  git-backup = throw "git-backup has been removed, as it has been abandoned upstream. Consider using git-backup-go instead."; # Added 2024-07-16
   git-credential-1password = throw "'git-credential-1password' has been removed, as the upstream project is deleted."; # Added 2024-05-20
   git-stree = throw "'git-stree' has been deprecated by upstream. Upstream recommends using 'git-subrepo' as a replacement."; # Added 2025-05-05
 
   gitAndTools = self // {
-    darcsToGit = darcs-to-git;
-    gitAnnex = git-annex;
-    gitBrunch = git-brunch;
-    gitFastExport = git-fast-export;
-    gitRemoteGcrypt = git-remote-gcrypt;
-    svn_all_fast_export = svn-all-fast-export;
-    topGit = top-git;
-  }; # Added 2021-01-14
+    darcsToGit = darcs-to-git; # Added 2021-01-14
+    gitAnnex = git-annex; # Added 2021-01-14
+    gitBrunch = git-brunch; # Added 2021-01-14
+    gitFastExport = git-fast-export; # Added 2021-01-14
+    gitRemoteGcrypt = git-remote-gcrypt; # Added 2021-01-14
+    svn_all_fast_export = svn-all-fast-export; # Added 2021-01-14
+    topGit = top-git; # Added 2021-01-14
+  };
   github-copilot-cli = throw "'github-copilot-cli' has been removed because GitHub has replaced it with 'gh-copilot'."; # Added 2025-06-01
   gitversion = throw "'gitversion' has been removed because it produced a broken build and was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-30
   givaro_3 = throw "'givaro_3' has been removed as it is end-of-life. Consider using the up-to-date 'givaro' instead"; # Added 2025-05-07
@@ -1067,7 +1061,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gnat-bootstrap12 = throw "gnat-bootstrap12 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gnatboot12 = throw "gnatboot12 has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
   gnat12Packages = throw "gnat12Packages has been removed from Nixpkgs, as it is unmaintained and obsolete"; # Added 2025-08-08
-  gnatboot = gnat-bootstrap;
+  gnatboot = gnat-bootstrap; # Added 2023-04-07
   gnatcoll-core = gnatPackages.gnatcoll-core; # Added 2024-02-25
   gnatcoll-gmp = gnatPackages.gnatcoll-gmp; # Added 2024-02-25
   gnatcoll-iconv = gnatPackages.gnatcoll-iconv; # Added 2024-02-25
@@ -1107,13 +1101,10 @@ mapAliases {
   gradle_6-unwrapped = throw "Gradle 6 has been removed, as it is end-of-life (https://endoflife.date/gradle) and has many vulnerabilities that are not resolved until Gradle 7."; # Added 2024-10-30
   grafana-agent = throw "'grafana-agent' has been removed, as it only works with an EOL compiler and will become EOL during the 25.05 release. Consider migrating to 'grafana-alloy' instead"; # Added 2025-04-02
   graphite-kde-theme = throw "'graphite-kde-theme' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
-
-  #godot
-  godot_4_3-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4_3-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4_3-export-templates-bin" godot_4_3-export-templates-bin;
-  godot_4_4-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4_4-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4_4-export-templates-bin" godot_4_4-export-templates-bin;
-  godot_4-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4-export-templates-bin" godot_4-export-templates-bin;
-  godot-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot-export-templates has been renamed to godot-export-templates-bin" godot-export-templates-bin;
-
+  godot_4_3-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4_3-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4_3-export-templates-bin" godot_4_3-export-templates-bin; # Added 2025-03-27
+  godot_4_4-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4_4-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4_4-export-templates-bin" godot_4_4-export-templates-bin; # Added 2025-03-27
+  godot_4-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot_4-export-templates has been renamed to godot_4-export-templates-bin" godot_4-export-templates-bin; # Added 2025-03-27
+  godot-export-templates = lib.warnOnInstantiate "godot-export-templates has been renamed to godot-export-templates-bin" godot-export-templates-bin; # Added 2025-03-27
   go-thumbnailer = thud; # Added 2023-09-21
   go-upower-notify = upower-notify; # Added 2024-07-21
   googler = throw "'googler' has been removed, as it no longer works and is abandoned upstream"; # Added 2025-04-01
@@ -1121,8 +1112,7 @@ mapAliases {
   gprbuild-boot = gnatPackages.gprbuild-boot; # Added 2024-02-25;
   gpxsee-qt5 = throw "gpxsee-qt5 was removed, use gpxsee instead"; # added 2025-09-09
   gpxsee-qt6 = gpxsee; # added 2025-09-09
-
-  gqview = throw "'gqview' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream and depending on gtk2. Consider using 'gthumb' instead";
+  gqview = throw "'gqview' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream and depending on gtk2. Consider using 'gthumb' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   gr-framework = throw "gr-framework has been removed, as it was broken"; # Added 2025-08-25
   graalvmCEPackages = graalvmPackages; # Added 2024-08-10
   graalvm-ce = graalvmPackages.graalvm-ce; # Added 2024-08-10
@@ -1173,7 +1163,7 @@ mapAliases {
   hpp-fcl = coal; # Added 2024-11-15
   ht-rust = throw "'ht-rust' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xh'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   hydra_unstable = hydra; # Added 2024-08-22
-  hydron = throw "hydron has been removed as the project has been archived upstream since 2022 and is affected by a severe remote code execution vulnerability";
+  hydron = throw "hydron has been removed as the project has been archived upstream since 2022 and is affected by a severe remote code execution vulnerability"; # Added 2024-08-03
   hyenae = throw "hyenae has been removed because it fails to build and was unmaintained for 15 years"; # Added 2025-04-04
   hyprgui = throw "hyprgui has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-12-27
   hyprlauncher = throw "hyprlauncher has been removed as the repository is deleted"; # Added 2024-12-27
@@ -1197,7 +1187,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inconsolata-nerdfont = lib.warnOnInstantiate "inconsolata-nerdfont is redundant. Use nerd-fonts.inconsolata instead." nerd-fonts.inconsolata; # Added 2024-11-10
   incrtcl = tclPackages.incrtcl; # Added 2024-10-02
   input-utils = throw "The input-utils package was dropped since it was unmaintained."; # Added 2024-06-21
-  inotifyTools = inotify-tools;
+  inotifyTools = inotify-tools; # Added 2015-09-01
   insync-emblem-icons = throw "'insync-emblem-icons' has been removed, use 'insync-nautilus' instead"; # Added 2025-05-14
   inter-ui = throw "'inter-ui' has been renamed to/replaced by 'inter'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   ioccheck = throw "ioccheck was dropped since it was unmaintained."; # Added 2025-07-06
@@ -1228,7 +1218,7 @@ mapAliases {
   jd-cli = throw "jd-cli has been removed due to upstream being unmaintained since 2019. Other Java decompilers in Nixpkgs include bytecode-viewer (GUI), cfr (CLI), and procyon (CLI)."; # Added 2024-10-30
   jd-gui = throw "jd-gui has been removed due to a dependency on the dead JCenter Bintray. Other Java decompilers in Nixpkgs include bytecode-viewer (GUI), cfr (CLI), and procyon (CLI)."; # Added 2024-10-30
   jikespg = throw "'jikespg' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2025-06-10
-  jsawk = throw "'jsawk' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2028-08-07
+  jsawk = throw "'jsawk' has been removed because it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2024-08-07
   jscoverage = throw "jscoverage has been removed, as it was broken"; # Added 2025-08-25
 
   # Julia
@@ -1245,7 +1235,7 @@ mapAliases {
   k3s_1_30 = throw "'k3s_1_30' has been removed from nixpkgs as it has reached end of life"; # Added 2025-09-01
   # k3d was a 3d editing software k-3d - "k3d has been removed because it was broken and has seen no release since 2016" Added 2022-01-04
   # now kube3d/k3d will take its place
-  kube3d = k3d; # Added 2022-0705
+  kube3d = k3d; # Added 2022-07-05
   kafkacat = throw "'kafkacat' has been renamed to/replaced by 'kcat'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   kak-lsp = kakoune-lsp; # Added 2024-04-01
   kanidm = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'kanidm' will be removed before 26.05. You must use a versioned package, e.g. 'kanidm_1_x'." kanidm_1_7; # Added 2025-09-01
@@ -1263,17 +1253,17 @@ mapAliases {
   keyfinger = throw "keyfinder has been removed as it was abandoned upstream and did not build; consider using mixxx or keyfinder-cli"; # Addd 2024-08-25
   keysmith = throw "'keysmith' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.kdeGear.keysmith'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   kgx = gnome-console; # Added 2022-02-19
-  kibana7 = throw "Kibana 7.x has been removed from nixpkgs as it depends on an end of life Node.js version and received no maintenance in time."; # Added 2023-30-10
-  kibana = kibana7;
+  kibana7 = throw "Kibana 7.x has been removed from nixpkgs as it depends on an end of life Node.js version and received no maintenance in time."; # Added 2023-10-30
+  kibana = kibana7; # Added 2023-10-30
   kio-admin = makePlasma5Throw "kio-admin"; # Added 2023-03-18
   kiwitalk = throw "KiwiTalk has been removed because the upstream has been deprecated at the request of Kakao and it's now obsolete."; # Added 2024-10-10
   kmplayer = throw "'kmplayer' has been removed, as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-08-30
-  kodiGBM = kodi-gbm;
-  kodiPlain = kodi;
-  kodiPlainWayland = kodi-wayland;
-  kodiPlugins = kodiPackages; # Added 2021-03-09;
+  kodiGBM = kodi-gbm; # Added 2021-03-09
+  kodiPlain = kodi; # Added 2021-03-09
+  kodiPlainWayland = kodi-wayland; # Added 2021-03-09
+  kodiPlugins = kodiPackages; # Added 2021-03-09
   kramdown-rfc2629 = throw "'kramdown-rfc2629' has been renamed to/replaced by 'rubyPackages.kramdown-rfc2629'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-  krb5Full = krb5;
+  krb5Full = krb5; # Added 2022-11-17
   kreative-square-fonts = throw "'kreative-square-fonts' has been renamed to 'kreative-square'"; # Added 2025-04-16
   krita-beta = throw "'krita-beta' has been renamed to/replaced by 'krita'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   krun = throw "'krun' has been renamed to/replaced by 'muvm'"; # Added 2025-05-01
@@ -1290,7 +1280,7 @@ mapAliases {
   LASzip2 = laszip_2; # Added 2024-06-12
   lanzaboote-tool = throw "lanzaboote-tool has been removed due to lack of integration maintenance with nixpkgs. Consider using the Nix expressions provided by https://github.com/nix-community/lanzaboote"; # Added 2025-07-23
   latencytop = throw "'latencytop' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2024-12-04
-  latinmodern-math = lmmath;
+  latinmodern-math = lmmath; # Added 2020-03-17
   latte-dock = throw "'latte-dock' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   layan-kde = throw "'layan-kde' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   lazarus-qt = lazarus-qt5; # Added 2024-12-25
@@ -1321,7 +1311,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libfpx = throw "libfpx has been removed as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and had known vulnerabilities"; # Added 2025-05-20
   libgadu = throw "'libgadu' has been removed as upstream is unmaintained and has no dependents or maintainers in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-05-17
   libgcrypt_1_8 = throw "'libgcrypt_1_8' is end-of-life. Consider using 'libgcrypt' instead"; # Added 2025-01-05
-  libgda = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘libgda’ has been renamed to ‘libgda5’" libgda5; # Added 2025-01-21
+  libgda = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'libgda' has been renamed to 'libgda5'" libgda5; # Added 2025-01-21
   lightly-boehs = throw "'lightly-boehs' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   lightly-qt = throw "'lightly-qt' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   libgme = game-music-emu; # Added 2022-07-20
@@ -1330,8 +1320,8 @@ mapAliases {
   libgrss = throw "'libgrss' has been removed as it was archived upstream and had no users in nixpkgs"; # Added 2025-04-17
   libheimdal = heimdal; # Added 2022-11-18
   libhttpseverywhere = throw "'libhttpseverywhere' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. It was no longer used in nixpkgs."; # Added 2025-04-17
-  libiconv-darwin = darwin.libiconv;
-  libixp_hg = libixp;
+  libiconv-darwin = darwin.libiconv; # Added 2024-09-22
+  libixp_hg = libixp; # Added 2022-04-25
   libjpeg_drop = throw "'libjpeg_drop' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libjpeg_original'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   liblastfm = throw "'liblastfm' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libsForQt5.liblastfm'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libmp3splt = throw "'libmp3splt' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2025-05-17
@@ -1361,7 +1351,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libseat = throw "'libseat' has been renamed to/replaced by 'seatd'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libsForQt515 = libsForQt5; # Added 2022-11-24
   libsmartcols = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'util-linux' should be used instead of 'libsmartcols'" util-linux; # Added 2025-09-03
-  libsoup = lib.warnOnInstantiate "‘libsoup’ has been renamed to ‘libsoup_2_4’" libsoup_2_4; # Added 2024-12-02
+  libsoup = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'libsoup' has been renamed to 'libsoup_2_4'" libsoup_2_4; # Added 2024-12-02
   libstdcxx5 = throw "libstdcxx5 is severly outdated and has been removed"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libtensorflow-bin = libtensorflow; # Added 2022-09-25
   libtorrent = throw "'libtorrent' has been renamed to 'libtorrent-rakshasa' for clearer distinction from 'libtorrent-rasterbar'"; # Added 2025-09-10
@@ -1371,14 +1361,14 @@ mapAliases {
   libungif = throw "'libungif' has been renamed to/replaced by 'giflib'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libusb = throw "'libusb' has been renamed to/replaced by 'libusb1'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   libvpx_1_8 = throw "libvpx_1_8 has been removed because it is impacted by security issues and not used in nixpkgs, move to 'libvpx'"; # Added 2024-07-26
-  libwnck3 = libwnck;
+  libwnck3 = libwnck; # Added 2021-06-23
   libxplayer-plparser = throw "libxplayer-plparser has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2024-12-27
   libyamlcpp = yaml-cpp; # Added 2023-01-29
   libyamlcpp_0_3 = yaml-cpp_0_3; # Added 2023-01-29
   libzapojit = throw "'libzapojit' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance and archival"; # Added 2025-04-16
   licensor = throw "'licensor' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   lightdm_gtk_greeter = lightdm-gtk-greeter; # Added 2022-08-01
-  lightstep-tracer-cpp = throw "lightstep-tracer-cpp is deprecated since 2022-08-29; the upstream recommends migration to opentelemetry projects.";
+  lightstep-tracer-cpp = throw "lightstep-tracer-cpp is deprecated since 2022-08-29; the upstream recommends migration to opentelemetry projects."; # Added 2023-10-18
   ligo = throw "ligo has been removed from nixpkgs for lack of maintainance"; # Added 2025-06-03
   lima-bin = lib.warnOnInstantiate "lima-bin has been replaced by lima" lima; # Added 2025-05-13
   lime3ds = throw "lime3ds is deprecated, use 'azahar' instead."; # Added 2025-03-22
@@ -1445,17 +1435,14 @@ mapAliases {
   linux_rpi3 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rpi3;
   linux_rpi4 = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_rpi4;
 
-  # Added 2021-04-04
-  linuxPackages_xen_dom0 = linuxPackages;
-  linuxPackages_latest_xen_dom0 = linuxPackages_latest;
-  linuxPackages_xen_dom0_hardened = linuxPackages_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_latest_xen_dom0_hardened = linuxPackages_latest_hardened;
-
-  # Added 2021-08-16
-  linuxPackages_6_13_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_13_hardened;
-  linux_6_13_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_13_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_6_14_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_14_hardened;
-  linux_6_14_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_14_hardened;
+  linuxPackages_xen_dom0 = linuxPackages; # Added 2021-04-04
+  linuxPackages_latest_xen_dom0 = linuxPackages_latest; # Added 2021-04-04
+  linuxPackages_xen_dom0_hardened = linuxPackages_hardened; # Added 2021-04-04
+  linuxPackages_latest_xen_dom0_hardened = linuxPackages_latest_hardened; # Added 2021-04-04
+  linuxPackages_6_13_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_13_hardened; # Added 2021-08-16
+  linux_6_13_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_13_hardened; # Added 2021-08-16
+  linuxPackages_6_14_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_14_hardened; # Added 2021-08-16
+  linux_6_14_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_14_hardened; # Added 2021-08-16
   linuxPackages_latest_hardened = throw ''
     The attribute `linuxPackages_hardened_latest' was dropped because the hardened patches
     frequently lag behind the upstream kernel. In some cases this meant that this attribute
@@ -1466,34 +1453,32 @@ mapAliases {
     and use a versioned attribute, e.g. `linuxPackages_5_10_hardened'.
 
     [1] for more context: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/133587
-  '';
-  linux_latest_hardened = linuxPackages_latest_hardened;
+  ''; # Added 2021-08-16
+  linux_latest_hardened = linuxPackages_latest_hardened; # Added 2021-08-16
 
-  # Added 2025-08-10
-  linuxPackages_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_hardened;
-  linux_hardened = linuxPackages_hardened.kernel;
-  linuxPackages_5_4_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_4_hardened;
-  linux_5_4_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_4_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_5_10_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_10_hardened;
-  linux_5_10_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_10_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_5_15_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_15_hardened;
-  linux_5_15_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_6_1_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1_hardened;
-  linux_6_1_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_1_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_6_6_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_6_hardened;
-  linux_6_6_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_6_hardened;
-  linuxPackages_6_12_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_12_hardened;
-  linux_6_12_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_12_hardened;
+  linuxPackages_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_hardened = linuxPackages_hardened.kernel; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_5_4_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_4_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_5_4_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_4_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_5_10_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_10_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_5_10_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_10_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_5_15_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_5_15_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_5_15_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_5_15_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_6_1_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_1_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_6_1_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_1_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_6_6_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_6_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_6_6_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_6_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linuxPackages_6_12_hardened = linuxKernel.packages.linux_6_12_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
+  linux_6_12_hardened = linuxKernel.kernels.linux_6_12_hardened; # Added 2025-08-10
 
-  # Added 2023-11-18, modified 2024-01-09
-  linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linuxPackages_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
-  linux_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linux_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linux_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support";
+  linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linuxPackages_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linuxPackages_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support"; # Converted to throw 2024-01-09
+  linux_testing_bcachefs = throw "'linux_testing_bcachefs' has been removed, please use 'linux_latest', any kernel version at least 6.7, or any other linux kernel with bcachefs support"; # Converted to throw 2024-01-09
 
   linuxstopmotion = stopmotion; # Added 2024-11-01
 
   lixVersions = lixPackageSets.renamedDeprecatedLixVersions; # Added 2025-03-20, warning in ../tools/package-management/lix/default.nix
 
-  llvmPackages_git = (callPackages ../development/compilers/llvm { }).git;
+  llvmPackages_git = (callPackages ../development/compilers/llvm { }).git; # Added 2024-08-02
 
   lld_9 = throw "lld_9 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
   lldb_9 = throw "lldb_9 has been removed from nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-04-08
@@ -1537,20 +1522,13 @@ mapAliases {
   ''; # Added 2025-09-05
 
   lxde = {
-    gtk2-x11 = throw "'lxde.gtk2-x11' has been removed. Use 'gtk2-x11' directly.";
-
+    gtk2-x11 = throw "'lxde.gtk2-x11' has been removed. Use 'gtk2-x11' directly."; # added 2025-08-31
     lxappearance = throw "'lxappearance' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxappearance' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxappearance-gtk2 = throw "'lxappearance-gtk2' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxappearance-gtk2' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxmenu-data = throw "'lxmenu-data' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxmenu-data' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxpanel = throw "'lxpanel' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxpanel' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxrandr = throw "'lxrandr' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxrandr' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxsession = throw "'lxsession' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxsession' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
-
     lxtask = throw "'lxtask' has been moved to top-level. Use 'lxtask' directly"; # added 2025-08-31
   };
 
@@ -1571,7 +1549,7 @@ mapAliases {
   mariadb_105 = throw "'mariadb_105' has been removed because it reached its End of Life. Consider upgrading to 'mariadb_106'."; # Added 2025-04-26
   mariadb_110 = throw "mariadb_110 has been removed from nixpkgs, please switch to another version like mariadb_114"; # Added 2024-08-15
   mariadb-client = hiPrio mariadb.client; # added 2019.07.28
-  maligned = throw "maligned was deprecated upstream in favor of x/tools/go/analysis/passes/fieldalignment"; # Added 20204-08-24
+  maligned = throw "maligned was deprecated upstream in favor of x/tools/go/analysis/passes/fieldalignment"; # Added 2024-08-24
   manicode = throw "manicode has been renamed to codebuff"; # Added 2024-12-10
   manaplus = throw "manaplus has been removed, as it was broken"; # Added 2025-08-25
   manta = throw "manta does not support python3, and development has been abandoned upstream"; # Added 2025-03-17
@@ -1581,29 +1559,29 @@ mapAliases {
     maple-mono-NF had been moved to maple-mono.NF.
     for installing all maple-mono:
       fonts.packages = [ ... ] ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.maple-mono)
-  '';
+  ''; # Added 2025-03-16
   maple-mono-otf = throw ''
     maple-mono-otf had been moved to maple-mono.opentype.
     for installing all maple-mono:
       fonts.packages = [ ... ] ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.maple-mono)
-  '';
+  ''; # Added 2025-03-16
   maple-mono-woff2 = throw ''
     maple-mono-woff2 had been moved to maple-mono.woff2.
     for installing all maple-mono:
       fonts.packages = [ ... ] ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.maple-mono)
-  '';
+  ''; # Added 2025-03-16
   maple-mono-SC-NF = throw ''
     mono-SC-NF had been superseded by maple-mono.NF-CN.
     for installing all maple-mono:
       fonts.packages = [ ... ] ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.maple-mono)
-  '';
+  ''; # Added 2025-03-16
   maple-mono-autohint = throw ''
     maple-mono-autohint had been moved to maple-mono.truetype-autohint.
     for installing all maple-mono:
       fonts.packages = [ ... ] ++ builtins.filter lib.attrsets.isDerivation (builtins.attrValues pkgs.maple-mono)
-  '';
+  ''; # Added 2025-03-16
 
-  mapmap = throw "'mapmap' has been removed as it has been unmaintained since 2021";
+  mapmap = throw "'mapmap' has been removed as it has been unmaintained since 2021"; # Added 2025-05-17
   markets = throw "'markets' has been removed as it was archived upstream in 2023"; # Added 2025-04-17
   marwaita-manjaro = lib.warnOnInstantiate "marwaita-manjaro has been renamed to marwaita-teal" marwaita-teal; # Added 2024-07-08
   marwaita-peppermint = lib.warnOnInstantiate "marwaita-peppermint has been renamed to marwaita-red" marwaita-red; # Added 2024-07-01
@@ -1620,8 +1598,8 @@ mapAliases {
   matrique = throw "'matrique' has been renamed to/replaced by 'spectral'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   matrix-sliding-sync = throw "matrix-sliding-sync has been removed as matrix-synapse 114.0 and later covers its functionality"; # Added 2024-10-20
   matrix-synapse-tools = recurseIntoAttrs {
-    rust-synapse-compress-state = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`matrix-synapse-tools.rust-synapse-compress-state` has been renamed to `rust-synapse-compress-state`" rust-synapse-compress-state;
-    synadm = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`matrix-synapse-tools.synadm` has been renamed to `synadm`" synadm;
+    rust-synapse-compress-state = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`matrix-synapse-tools.rust-synapse-compress-state` has been renamed to `rust-synapse-compress-state`" rust-synapse-compress-state; # Added 2025-03-04
+    synadm = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`matrix-synapse-tools.synadm` has been renamed to `synadm`" synadm; # Added 2025-02-20
   }; # Added 2025-02-20
   mcomix3 = mcomix; # Added 2022-06-05
   mdt = md-tui; # Added 2024-09-03
@@ -1630,7 +1608,7 @@ mapAliases {
   memorymappingHook = throw "memorymapping has been removed, as it was only useful on old macOS versions that are no longer supported"; # Added 2024-10-05
   memstream = throw "memstream has been removed, as it was only useful on old macOS versions that are no longer supported"; # Added 2024-10-05
   memstreamHook = throw "memstream has been removed, as it was only useful on old macOS versions that are no longer supported"; # Added 2024-10-05
-  mhwaveedit = throw "'mkwaveedit' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'audacity' or 'tenacity' instead";
+  mhwaveedit = throw "'mkwaveedit' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'audacity' or 'tenacity' instead"; # Added 2024-09-15
   microcodeAmd = microcode-amd; # Added 2024-09-08
   microcodeIntel = microcode-intel; # Added 2024-09-08
   micropad = throw "micropad has been removed, since it was unmaintained and blocked the Electron 27 removal."; # Added 2025-02-24
@@ -1745,7 +1723,7 @@ mapAliases {
   nextcloud27Packages = throw "Nextcloud27 is EOL!"; # Added 2024-06-25
   nextcloud-news-updater = throw "nextcloud-news-updater has been removed because the project is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-03-28
   nixForLinking = throw "nixForLinking has been removed, use `nixVersions.nixComponents_<version>` instead"; # Added 2025-08-14
-  nagiosPluginsOfficial = monitoring-plugins;
+  nagiosPluginsOfficial = monitoring-plugins; # Added 2017-08-07
   neochat = makePlasma5Throw "neochat"; # added 2022-05-10
   nerdfonts = throw ''
     nerdfonts has been separated into individual font packages under the namespace nerd-fonts.
@@ -1767,15 +1745,11 @@ mapAliases {
   newlibCross = newlib; # Added 2024-09-06
   newlib-nanoCross = newlib-nano; # Added 2024-09-06
   nfstrace = throw "nfstrace has been removed, as it was broken"; # Added 2025-08-25
-  nix-direnv-flakes = nix-direnv;
+  nix-direnv-flakes = nix-direnv; # Added 2021-11-09
   nix-ld-rs = nix-ld; # Added 2024-08-17
   nix-linter = throw "nix-linter has been removed as it was broken for 3 years and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-09-06
   nix-plugin-pijul = throw "nix-plugin-pijul has been removed due to being discontinued"; # added 2025-05-18
-  nix-repl = throw (
-    # Added 2018-08-26
-    "nix-repl has been removed because it's not maintained anymore, "
-    + "use `nix repl` instead. Also see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/44903"
-  );
+  nix-repl = throw "nix-repl has been removed because it's not maintained anymore, use `nix repl` instead. Also see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/44903"; # Added 2018-08-26
   nix-simple-deploy = throw "'nix-simple-deploy' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-08-17
   nix-universal-prefetch = throw "The nix-universal-prefetch package was dropped since it was unmaintained."; # Added 2024-06-21
   nixFlakes = throw "'nixFlakes' has been renamed to/replaced by 'nixVersions.stable'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
@@ -1815,7 +1789,7 @@ mapAliases {
   nushellFull = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`nushellFull` has has been replaced by `nushell` as its features no longer exist" nushell; # Added 2024-05-30
   nux = throw "nux has been removed because it has been abandoned for 4 years"; # Added 2025-03-22
   nvidia-podman = throw "podman should use the Container Device Interface (CDI) instead. See https://web.archive.org/web/20240729183805/https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html#configuring-podman"; # Added 2024-08-02
-  nvidia-thrust = throw "nvidia-thrust has been removed because the project was deprecated; use cudaPackages.cuda_cccl";
+  nvidia-thrust = throw "nvidia-thrust has been removed because the project was deprecated. Use cudaPackages.cuda_cccl"; # Added 2023-12-04
 
   ### O ###
 
@@ -1892,7 +1866,7 @@ mapAliases {
   oraclejdk11 = throw "All Oracle JDKs and JREs were dropped due to being unmaintained and heavily insecure. OpenJDK provides compatible replacements for JDKs and JREs."; # Added 2024-11-01
   OSCAR = oscar; # Added 2024-06-12
   osxfuse = throw "'osxfuse' has been renamed to/replaced by 'macfuse-stubs'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-  overrideSDK = "overrideSDK has been removed as it was a legacy compatibility stub; see <https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-darwin-legacy-frameworks-overrides> for migration instructions"; # Added 2025-08-04
+  overrideSDK = "overrideSDK has been removed as it was a legacy compatibility stub. See <https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-darwin-legacy-frameworks-overrides> for migration instructions"; # Added 2025-08-04
   ovn-lts = throw "ovn-lts has been removed. Please use the latest version available under ovn"; # Added 2024-08-24
   oxygen-icons5 = throw ''
     The top-level oxygen-icons5 alias has been removed.
@@ -1935,12 +1909,12 @@ mapAliases {
   percona-xtrabackup_lts = percona-xtrabackup; # Added 2024-10-13
   peroxide = throw "'peroxide' has been dropped due to lack of upstream maintenance."; # Added 2025-03-31
   pentablet-driver = xp-pen-g430-driver; # Added 2022-06-23
-  perldevel = throw "'perldevel' has been dropped due to lack of updates in nixpkgs and lack of consistent support for devel versions by 'perl-cross' releases, use 'perl' instead";
-  perldevelPackages = perldevel;
+  perldevel = throw "'perldevel' has been dropped due to lack of updates in nixpkgs and lack of consistent support for devel versions by 'perl-cross' releases, use 'perl' instead"; # Added 2023-09-09
+  perldevelPackages = throw "'perldevel' has been dropped due to lack of updates in nixpkgs and lack of consistent support for devel versions by 'perl-cross' releases, use 'perl' instead"; # Added 2023-09-09
   peruse = throw "'peruse' has been removed as it depends on KDE Gear 5, which has reached EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   petrinizer = throw "'petrinizer' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # added 2024-05-09
   pg-gvm = throw "pg-gvm has been moved to postgresql.pkgs.pg-gvm to make it work with all versions of PostgreSQL"; # added 2024-11-30
-  pgadmin = pgadmin4;
+  pgadmin = pgadmin4; # Added 2022-01-14
   pharo-spur64 = pharo; # Added 2022-08-03
   phlare = throw "'phlare' has been removed as the upstream project was archived."; # Added 2025-03-27
   picom-next = picom; # Added 2024-02-13
@@ -1948,7 +1922,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pilipalax = throw "'pilipalax' has been removed from nixpkgs due to it not being maintained"; # Added 2025-07-25
   pio = throw "pio has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   pipewire_0_2 = throw "pipewire_0_2 has been removed as it is outdated and no longer used"; # Added 2024-07-28
-  pipewire-media-session = throw "pipewire-media-session is no longer maintained and has been removed. Please use Wireplumber instead.";
+  pipewire-media-session = throw "pipewire-media-session is no longer maintained and has been removed. Please use Wireplumber instead."; # Added 2023-03-09
   platformioPackages = {
     inherit
       platformio-core
@@ -1959,7 +1933,7 @@ mapAliases {
   pleroma-otp = throw "'pleroma-otp' has been renamed to/replaced by 'pleroma'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   plex-media-player = throw "'plex-media-player' has been discontinued, the new official client is available as 'plex-desktop'"; # Added 2025-05-28
   plots = throw "'plots' has been replaced by 'gnome-graphs'"; # Added 2025-02-05
-  pltScheme = racket; # just to be sure
+  pltScheme = racket; # Added 2013-02-24
   poac = cabinpkg; # Added 2025-01-22
   podofo010 = podofo_0_10; # Added 2025-06-01
   polkit-kde-agent = throw ''
@@ -2057,9 +2031,9 @@ mapAliases {
   protobuf_24 = throw "'protobuf_24' has been removed from nixpkgs. Consider using a more recent version of the protobuf library"; # Added 2025-07-14
   protobuf_26 = throw "'protobuf_26' has been removed from nixpkgs. Consider using a more recent version of the protobuf library"; # Added 2025-06-29
   protobuf_28 = throw "'protobuf_28' has been removed from nixpkgs. Consider using a more recent version of the protobuf library"; # Added 2025-06-14
-  protobuf3_24 = protobuf_24;
-  protobuf3_23 = protobuf_23;
-  protobuf3_21 = protobuf_21;
+  protobuf3_24 = protobuf_24; # Added 2023-10-05
+  protobuf3_23 = protobuf_23; # Added 2023-10-05
+  protobuf3_21 = protobuf_21; # Added 2023-10-05
   protoc-gen-connect-es = throw "'protoc-gen-connect-es' has been removed because it is deprecated upstream. Functionality has been integrated into 'protoc-gen-es' v2."; # Added 2025-02-18
   protonup = protonup-ng; # Added 2022-11-06
   protonvpn-gui_legacy = throw "protonvpn-gui_legacy source code was removed from upstream. Use protonvpn-gui instead."; # Added 2024-10-12
@@ -2076,8 +2050,8 @@ mapAliases {
   pxlib = throw "pxlib has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
   pxview = throw "pxview has been removed due to failing to build and lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-04-28
   pynac = throw "'pynac' has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-03-18
-  pyo3-pack = maturin;
-  pypi2nix = throw "pypi2nix has been removed due to being unmaintained";
+  pyo3-pack = maturin; # Added 2019-08-30
+  pypi2nix = throw "pypi2nix has been removed due to being unmaintained"; # Added 2023-06-02
   pypolicyd-spf = spf-engine; # Added 2022-10-09
   pypy39Packages = throw "pypy 3.9 has been removed, use pypy 3.10 instead"; # Added 2025-01-07
   python = python2; # Added 2022-01-11
@@ -2144,7 +2118,7 @@ mapAliases {
   restinio_0_6 = throw "restinio_0_6 has been removed from nixpkgs as it's not needed by downstream packages"; # Added 2024-07-04
   retroarchBare = retroarch-bare; # Added 2024-11-23
   retroarchFull = retroarch-full; # Added 2024-11-23
-  retroshare06 = retroshare;
+  retroshare06 = retroshare; # Added 2020-11-07
   rewind-ai = throw "'rewind-ai' has been removed due to lack of of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2025-08-03
   responsively-app = throw "'responsively-app' has been removed due to lack of maintainance upstream."; # Added 2025-06-25
   rftg = throw "'rftg' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2024-12-04
@@ -2169,10 +2143,10 @@ mapAliases {
   rr-unstable = rr; # Added 2022-09-17
   rtx = mise; # Added 2024-01-05
   ruby-zoom = throw "'ruby-zoom' has been removed due to lack of maintaince and had not been updated since 2020"; # Added 2025-08-24
-  runCommandNoCC = runCommand;
-  runCommandNoCCLocal = runCommandLocal;
+  runCommandNoCC = runCommand; # Added 2021-08-15
+  runCommandNoCCLocal = runCommandLocal; # Added 2021-08-15
   run-scaled = throw "run-scaled has been removed due to being deprecated. Consider using run_scaled from 'xpra' instead"; # Added 2025-03-17
-  rust-synapse-state-compress = rust-synapse-compress-state;
+  rust-synapse-state-compress = rust-synapse-compress-state; # Added 2025-03-08
   rustc-wasm32 = rustc; # Added 2023-12-01
   rustfilt = throw "'rustfilt' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-26
   rustic-rs = rustic; # Added 2024-08-02
@@ -2208,8 +2182,8 @@ mapAliases {
     Please participate in upstream discussion on getting out new releases:
     https://github.com/SchildiChat/schildichat-desktop/issues/212
     https://github.com/SchildiChat/schildichat-desktop/issues/215''; # Added 2023-12-05
-  schildichat-desktop = schildichat-web;
-  schildichat-desktop-wayland = schildichat-web;
+  schildichat-desktop = schildichat-web; # Added 2023-12-07
+  schildichat-desktop-wayland = schildichat-web; # Added 2023-12-07
   scitoken-cpp = scitokens-cpp; # Added 2024-02-12
   scry = throw "'scry' has been removed as it was archived upstream. Use 'crystalline' instead"; # Added 2025-02-12
   scudcloud = throw "'scudcloud' has been removed as it was archived by upstream"; # Added 2025-07-24
@@ -2220,7 +2194,7 @@ mapAliases {
   sensu = throw "sensu has been removed as the upstream project is deprecated. Consider using `sensu-go`"; # Added 2024-10-28
   serial-unit-testing = throw "'serial-unit-testing' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-25
   serious-sans = throw "'serious-sans' has been renamed to 'serious-shanns', which is not currently packaged"; # Added 2025-01-26
-  session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop;
+  session-desktop-appimage = session-desktop; # Added 2022-08-31
   setserial = throw "'setserial' has been removed as it had been abandoned upstream"; # Added 2025-05-18
   sequoia = sequoia-sq; # Added 2023-06-26
   sexp = sexpp; # Added 2023-07-03
@@ -2232,7 +2206,7 @@ mapAliases {
   sierra-breeze-enhanced = throw "'sierra-breeze-enhanced' has been removed, as it is only compatible with Plasma 5, which is EOL"; # Added 2025-08-20
   signald = throw "'signald' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-05-17
   signaldctl = throw "'signaldctl' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-05-17
-  signal-desktop-beta = throw "signal-desktop-beta has been removed to make the signal-desktop package easier to maintain";
+  signal-desktop-beta = throw "signal-desktop-beta has been removed to make the signal-desktop package easier to maintain"; # Added 2024-11-20
   signal-desktop-source = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'signal-desktop-source' is now exposed at 'signal-desktop'." signal-desktop; # Added 2025-04-16
   silc_server = throw "'silc_server' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-12
   silc_client = throw "'silc_client' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-12
@@ -2252,7 +2226,7 @@ mapAliases {
   slurm-llnl = slurm; # renamed July 2017
   sm64ex-coop = throw "'sm64ex-coop' was removed as it was archived upstream. Consider migrating to 'sm64coopdx'"; # added 2024-11-23
   smartgithg = smartgit; # renamed March 2025
-  snapTools = throw "snapTools was removed because makeSnap produced broken snaps and it was the only function in snapTools. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/100618 for more details."; # 2024-03-04;
+  snapTools = throw "snapTools was removed because makeSnap produced broken snaps and it was the only function in snapTools. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/100618 for more details."; # Added 2024-03-04
   snort2 = throw "snort2 has been removed as it is deprecated and unmaintained by upstream. Consider using snort (snort3) package instead."; # 2025-05-21
   soldat-unstable = opensoldat; # Added 2022-07-02
   soulseekqt = throw "'soulseekqt' has been removed due to lack of maintenance in Nixpkgs in a long time. Consider using 'nicotine-plus' or 'slskd' instead."; # Added 2025-06-07
@@ -2266,27 +2240,26 @@ mapAliases {
   spatialite_tools = throw "spatialite_tools has been renamed to spatialite-tools"; # Added 2025-02-06
   sonusmix = throw "'sonusmix' has been removed due to lack of maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-27
 
-  # Added 2020-02-10
   sourceHanSansPackages = {
-    japanese = source-han-sans;
-    korean = source-han-sans;
-    simplified-chinese = source-han-sans;
-    traditional-chinese = source-han-sans;
+    japanese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+    korean = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+    simplified-chinese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+    traditional-chinese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
   };
-  source-han-sans-japanese = source-han-sans;
-  source-han-sans-korean = source-han-sans;
-  source-han-sans-simplified-chinese = source-han-sans;
-  source-han-sans-traditional-chinese = source-han-sans;
+  source-han-sans-japanese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-sans-korean = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-sans-simplified-chinese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-sans-traditional-chinese = source-han-sans; # Added 2020-02-10
   sourceHanSerifPackages = {
-    japanese = source-han-serif;
-    korean = source-han-serif;
-    simplified-chinese = source-han-serif;
-    traditional-chinese = source-han-serif;
+    japanese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+    korean = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+    simplified-chinese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+    traditional-chinese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
   };
-  source-han-serif-japanese = source-han-serif;
-  source-han-serif-korean = source-han-serif;
-  source-han-serif-simplified-chinese = source-han-serif;
-  source-han-serif-traditional-chinese = source-han-serif;
+  source-han-serif-japanese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-serif-korean = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-serif-simplified-chinese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
+  source-han-serif-traditional-chinese = source-han-serif; # Added 2020-02-10
 
   sourcehut = throw "'sourcehut.*' has been removed due to being broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-06-15
   solana-validator = throw "'solana-validator' is obsoleted by solana-cli, which also includes the validator binary"; # Added 2024-12-20
@@ -2301,17 +2274,17 @@ mapAliases {
   sqldeveloper = throw "sqldeveloper was dropped due to being severely out-of-date and having a dependency on JavaFX for Java 8, which we do not support"; # Added 2024-11-02
   srvc = throw "'srvc' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-09-09
   ssm-agent = amazon-ssm-agent; # Added 2023-10-17
-  starpls-bin = starpls;
+  starpls-bin = starpls; # Added 2024-10-30
   starspace = throw "starspace has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   station = throw "station has been removed from nixpkgs, as there were no committers among its maintainers to unblock security issues"; # added 2025-06-16
   steamPackages = {
-    steamArch = throw "`steamPackages.steamArch` has been removed as it's no longer applicable";
-    steam = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam` has been moved to top level as `steam-unwrapped`" steam-unwrapped;
-    steam-fhsenv = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv` has been moved to top level as `steam`" steam;
-    steam-fhsenv-small = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv-small` has been moved to top level as `steam`; there is no longer a -small variant" steam;
-    steam-runtime = throw "`steamPackages.steam-runtime` has been removed, as it's no longer supported or necessary";
-    steam-runtime-wrapped = throw "`steamPackages.steam-runtime-wrapped` has been removed, as it's no longer supported or necessary";
-    steamcmd = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steamcmd` has been moved to top level as `steamcmd`" steamcmd;
+    steamArch = throw "`steamPackages.steamArch` has been removed as it's no longer applicable"; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steam = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam` has been moved to top level as `steam-unwrapped`" steam-unwrapped; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steam-fhsenv = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv` has been moved to top level as `steam`" steam; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steam-fhsenv-small = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steam-fhsenv-small` has been moved to top level as `steam`; there is no longer a -small variant" steam; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steam-runtime = throw "`steamPackages.steam-runtime` has been removed, as it's no longer supported or necessary"; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steam-runtime-wrapped = throw "`steamPackages.steam-runtime-wrapped` has been removed, as it's no longer supported or necessary"; # Added 2024-10-16
+    steamcmd = lib.warnOnInstantiate "`steamPackages.steamcmd` has been moved to top level as `steamcmd`" steamcmd; # Added 2024-10-16
   };
   steam-small = steam; # Added 2024-09-12
   steam-run-native = steam-run; # added 2022-02-21
@@ -2347,7 +2320,7 @@ mapAliases {
   sync = taler-sync; # Added 2024-09-04
   syncthing-cli = throw "'syncthing-cli' has been renamed to/replaced by 'syncthing'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   syncthingtray-qt6 = syncthingtray; # Added 2024-03-06
-  syncthing-tray = throw "syncthing-tray has been removed because it is broken and unmaintained";
+  syncthing-tray = throw "syncthing-tray has been removed because it is broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-18
   syndicate_utils = throw "'syndicate_utils' has been removed due to a hostile upstream moving tags and breaking src FODs"; # Added 2025-09-01
 
   ### T ###
@@ -2356,7 +2329,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tabula = throw "tabula has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   tailor = throw "'tailor' has been removed from nixpkgs, as it was unmaintained upstream."; # Added 2024-11-02
   tangogps = throw "'tangogps' has been renamed to/replaced by 'foxtrotgps'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-  taskwarrior = lib.warnOnInstantiate "taskwarrior was replaced by taskwarrior3, which requires manual transition from taskwarrior 2.6, read upstream's docs: https://taskwarrior.org/docs/upgrade-3/" taskwarrior2;
+  taskwarrior = lib.warnOnInstantiate "taskwarrior was replaced by taskwarrior3, which requires manual transition from taskwarrior 2.6, read upstream's docs: https://taskwarrior.org/docs/upgrade-3/" taskwarrior2; # Added 2024-08-14
   taplo-cli = taplo; # Added 2022-07-30
   taplo-lsp = taplo; # Added 2022-07-30
   targetcli = targetcli-fb; # Added 2025-03-14
@@ -2451,7 +2424,7 @@ mapAliases {
   tumpa = throw "tumpa has been removed, as it is broken"; # Added 2024-07-15
   turbogit = throw "turbogit has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream and depends on an insecure version of libgit2"; # Added 2024-08-25
   tvbrowser-bin = tvbrowser; # Added 2023-03-02
-  tvheadend = throw "tvheadend has been removed as it nobody was willing to maintain it and it was stuck on an unmaintained version that required FFmpeg 4; please see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332259 if you are interested in maintaining a newer version"; # Added 2024-08-21
+  tvheadend = throw "tvheadend has been removed as it nobody was willing to maintain it and it was stuck on an unmaintained version that required FFmpeg 4. Please see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/332259 if you are interested in maintaining a newer version"; # Added 2024-08-21
   typst-fmt = typstfmt; # Added 2023-07-15
   typst-lsp = throw "'typst-lsp' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance, consider using 'tinymist' instead"; # Added 2025-01-25
   typst-preview = throw "The features of 'typst-preview' have been consolidated to 'tinymist', an all-in-one language server for typst"; # Added 2024-07-07
@@ -2466,7 +2439,7 @@ mapAliases {
   uclibc = uclibc-ng; # Added 2022-06-16
   unicap = throw "'unicap' has been removed because it is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-05-17
   unicorn-emu = throw "'unicorn-emu' has been renamed to/replaced by 'unicorn'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
-  uniffi-bindgen = throw "uniffi-bindgen has been removed since upstream no longer provides a standalone package for the CLI";
+  uniffi-bindgen = throw "uniffi-bindgen has been removed since upstream no longer provides a standalone package for the CLI"; # Added 2023-05-27
   unifi-poller = unpoller; # Added 2022-11-24
   unifi-video = throw "unifi-video has been removed as it has been unsupported upstream since 2021"; # Added 2024-10-01
   unifi5 = throw "'unifi5' has been removed since its required MongoDB version is EOL."; # Added 2024-04-11
@@ -2497,14 +2470,14 @@ mapAliases {
   v8 = throw "`v8` has been removed as it's unmaintained for several years and has vulnerabilites. Please migrate to `nodejs.libv8`"; # Added 2024-12-21
   validphys2 = throw "validphys2 has been removed, since it has a broken dependency that was removed"; # Added 2024-08-21
   vamp = {
-    vampSDK = vamp-plugin-sdk;
-  }; # Added 2020-03-26
+    vampSDK = vamp-plugin-sdk; # Added 2020-03-26
+  };
   vaapiIntel = intel-vaapi-driver; # Added 2023-05-31
   vaapiVdpau = libva-vdpau-driver; # Added 2024-06-05
   vaultwarden-vault = vaultwarden.webvault; # Added 2022-12-13
   varnish74 = throw "varnish 7.4 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2024-10-31
   varnish74Packages = throw "varnish 7.4 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2024-10-31
-  varnish75 = throw "varnish 7.5 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 22025-03-29
+  varnish75 = throw "varnish 7.5 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-03-29
   varnish75Packages = throw "varnish 7.5 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-03-29
   varnish76 = throw "varnish 7.6 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-05-15
   varnish76Packages = throw "varnish 7.6 is EOL. Either use the LTS or upgrade."; # Added 2025-05-15
@@ -2538,7 +2511,7 @@ mapAliases {
   voxelands = throw "'voxelands' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-30
   vtk_9 = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'vtk_9' has been renamed to 'vtk_9_5'" vtk_9_5; # Added 2025-07-18
   vtk_9_egl = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'vtk_9_5' now build with egl support by default, so `vtk_9_egl` is deprecated, consider using 'vtk_9_5' instead." vtk_9_5; # Added 2025-07-18
-  vtk_9_withQt5 = throw "'vtk_9_withQt5' has been removed, Consider using 'vtkWithQt5' instead." vtkWithQt5; # Added 2025-07-18
+  vtk_9_withQt5 = throw "'vtk_9_withQt5' has been removed, Consider using 'vtkWithQt5' instead."; # Added 2025-07-18
   vuze = throw "'vuze' was removed because it is unmaintained upstream and insecure (CVE-2018-13417). BiglyBT is a maintained fork."; # Added 2024-11-22
   vwm = throw "'vwm' was removed as it is broken and not maintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-17
 
@@ -2571,7 +2544,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wireguard-vanity-address = throw "'wireguard-vanity-address' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-26
   wkhtmltopdf-bin = wkhtmltopdf; # Added 2024-07-17
   wlroots_0_16 = throw "'wlroots_0_16' has been removed in favor of newer versions"; # Added 2024-07-14
-  wlroots = wlroots_0_19; # wlroots is unstable, we must keep depending on 'wlroots_0_*', convert to package after a stable(1.x) release
+  wlroots = wlroots_0_19; # preserve, reason: wlroots is unstable, we must keep depending on 'wlroots_0_*', convert to package after a stable(1.x) release
   woof = throw "'woof' has been removed as it is broken and unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-09-04
   wdomirror = throw "'wdomirror' has been removed as it is unmaintained upstream, Consider using 'wl-mirror' instead"; # Added 2025-09-04
   wordpress6_3 = throw "'wordpress6_3' has been removed in favor of the latest version"; # Added 2024-08-03
@@ -2582,7 +2555,7 @@ mapAliases {
   wormhole-rs = magic-wormhole-rs; # Added 2022-05-30. preserve, reason: Arch package name, main binary name
   wpa_supplicant_ro_ssids = lib.warnOnInstantiate "Deprecated package: Please use wpa_supplicant instead. Read-only SSID patches are now upstream!" wpa_supplicant;
   wrapLisp_old = throw "Lisp packages have been redesigned. See 'lisp-modules' in the nixpkgs manual."; # Added 2024-05-07
-  wmii_hg = wmii;
+  wmii_hg = wmii; # Added 2022-04-26
   wrapGAppsHook = wrapGAppsHook3; # Added 2024-03-26
   write_stylus = styluslabs-write-bin; # Added 2024-10-09
   wxGTK33 = wxwidgets_3_3; # Added 2025-07-20
@@ -2604,7 +2577,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xen_4_17 = throw "Due to technical challenges involving building older versions of Xen with newer dependencies, the Xen Project Hypervisor Maintenance Team decided to switch to a latest-only support cycle. As Xen 4.17 would have been the 'n-2' version, it was removed"; # Added 2024-10-05
   xen_4_18 = throw "Due to technical challenges involving building older versions of Xen with newer dependencies, the Xen Project Hypervisor Maintenance Team decided to switch to a latest-only support cycle. As Xen 4.18 would have been the 'n-1' version, it was removed"; # Added 2024-10-05
   xen_4_19 = throw "Use 'xen' instead"; # Added 2024-10-05
-  xenPackages = throw "The attributes in the xenPackages set have been promoted to the top-level. (xenPackages.xen_4_19 -> xen)";
+  xenPackages = throw "The attributes in the xenPackages set have been promoted to the top-level. (xenPackages.xen_4_19 -> xen)"; # Added 2024-10-05
   xflux-gui = throw "'xflux-gui' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xflux = throw "'xflux' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xineLib = throw "'xineLib' has been renamed to/replaced by 'xine-lib'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
@@ -2622,7 +2595,7 @@ mapAliases {
   xplayer = throw "xplayer has been removed as the upstream project was archived"; # Added 2024-12-27
   xprite-editor = throw "'xprite-editor' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'pablodraw' or 'aseprite' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   xsd = throw "'xsd' has been removed."; # Added 2025-04-02
-  xsv = throw "'xsv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Please see 'xan' for a maintained alternative";
+  xsv = throw "'xsv' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance. Please see 'xan' for a maintained alternative"; # Added 2025-01-30
   xsw = throw "'xsw' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-08-22
   xtrlock-pam = throw "xtrlock-pam has been removed because it is unmaintained for 10 years and doesn't support Python 3.10 or newer"; # Added 2025-01-25
   xulrunner = firefox-unwrapped; # Added 2023-11-03
@@ -2659,8 +2632,8 @@ mapAliases {
   z3_4_14 = throw "'z3_4_14' has been removed in favour of the latest version. Use 'z3'."; # Added 2025-05-18
   z3_4_8_5 = throw "'z3_4_8_5' has been removed in favour of the latest version. Use 'z3'."; # Added 2025-05-18
   z3_4_8 = throw "'z3_4_8' has been removed in favour of the latest version. Use 'z3'."; # Added 2025-05-18
-  zabbix50 = throw "'zabbix50' has been removed, it would have reached its End of Life a few days after the release of NixOS 25.05. Consider upgrading to 'zabbix60' or 'zabbix70'.";
-  zabbix64 = throw "'zabbix64' has been removed because it reached its End of Life. Consider upgrading to 'zabbix70'.";
+  zabbix50 = throw "'zabbix50' has been removed, it would have reached its End of Life a few days after the release of NixOS 25.05. Consider upgrading to 'zabbix60' or 'zabbix70'."; # Added 2025-04-22
+  zabbix64 = throw "'zabbix64' has been removed because it reached its End of Life. Consider upgrading to 'zabbix70'."; # Added 2025-04-22
   zbackup = throw "'zbackup' has been removed due to being unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-08-22
   zeal-qt5 = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'zeal-qt5' has been removed from nixpkgs. Please use 'zeal' instead" zeal; # Added 2025-08-31
   zeal-qt6 = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'zeal-qt6' has been renamed to 'zeal'" zeal; # Added 2025-08-31
@@ -2685,7 +2658,7 @@ mapAliases {
   zombietrackergps = throw "'zombietrackergps' has been dropped, as it depends on KDE Gear 5 and is unmaintained"; # Added 2025-08-20
   zplugin = throw "'zplugin' has been renamed to/replaced by 'zinit'"; # Converted to throw 2024-10-17
   zk-shell = throw "zk-shell has been removed as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2024-08-10
-  zkg = throw "'zkg' has been replaced by 'zeek'";
+  zkg = throw "'zkg' has been replaced by 'zeek'"; # Added 2023-10-20
   zsh-git-prompt = throw "zsh-git-prompt was removed as it is unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-08-28
   zsh-history = throw "'zsh-history' has been removed as it was unmaintained"; # Added 2025-04-17
   zq = zed.overrideAttrs (old: {
@@ -2715,7 +2688,7 @@ mapAliases {
   */
 
   kalendar = merkuro; # Renamed in 23.08
-  kfloppy = throw "kfloppy has been removed upstream in KDE Gear 23.08";
+  kfloppy = throw "kfloppy has been removed upstream in KDE Gear 23.08"; # Added 2023-08-24
 
   inherit (pidginPackages)
     pidgin-indicator