Merge pull request #194058: Disable checkMeta by default again

nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2211.section.xml

@@ -503,14 +503,6 @@
           maintainer to update the package.
         </para>
       </listitem>
-      <listitem>
-        <para>
-          The (previously undocumented) Nixpkgs configuration option
-          <literal>checkMeta</literal> now defaults to
-          <literal>true</literal>. This may cause evaluation failures
-          for packages with incorrect <literal>meta</literal> attribute.
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           xow package removed along with the

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2211.section.md

@@ -172,9 +172,6 @@ Available as [services.patroni](options.html#opt-services.patroni.enable).
 
 - riak package removed along with `services.riak` module, due to lack of maintainer to update the package.
 
-- The (previously undocumented) Nixpkgs configuration option `checkMeta` now defaults to `true`. This may cause evaluation
-  failures for packages with incorrect `meta` attribute.
-
 - xow package removed along with the `hardware.xow` module, due to the project being deprecated in favor of `xone`,  which is available via the `hardware.xone` module.
 
 - dd-agent package removed along with the `services.dd-agent` module, due to the project being deprecated in favor of `datadog-agent`,  which is available via the `services.datadog-agent` module.

pkgs/top-level/config.nix

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ let
 
     checkMeta = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
-      default = true;
+      default = false;
       description = ''
         Whether to check that the `meta` attribute of derivations are correct during evaluation time.
       '';