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		## Nixpkgs internals {#sec-release-23.11-nixpkgs-internals}

		- Node.js v14, v16 has been removed as they were end of life. Any dependent packages that contributors were not able to reasonably upgrade were dropped after a month of notice to their maintainers, were removed.
		- This includes VSCode Server.
		- This includes Kibana 7 as the ELK stack is unmaintained in nixpkgs and is marked for slow removal.

		- The use of `sourceRoot = "source";`, `sourceRoot = "source/subdir";`, and similar lines in package derivations using the default `unpackPhase` is deprecated as it requires `unpackPhase` to always produce a directory named "source". Use `sourceRoot = src.name`, `sourceRoot = "${src.name}/subdir";`, or `setSourceRoot = "sourceRoot=$(echo */subdir)";` or similar instead.

		- The `django` alias in the python package set was upgraded to Django 4.x.