n8n: package improvements

[gepbird]

Now r-ryantm should only post stable (non-prerelease) n8n updates.

Thanks for the suggestion @liberodark in #364897 (comment)!

Superseeds #364897

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 25.05 Release Notes (or backporting 24.11 and 25.05 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

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[gepbird]

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Command: nixpkgs-review pr 364947

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x86_64-linux

✅ 1 package built:

• n8n

[gepbird]

Reduced the size of the built package from 2018M to 890M, and the fixup phase now takes half as long, which can save 10 minutes of build time on a slower machine with an HDD.

[gepbird]

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Command: nixpkgs-review pr 364947

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x86_64-linux

✅ 1 package built:

• n8n

[wolfgangwalther]

Needs a rebase after #364897 is merged.

[gepbird]

Further reduced the built package size to 671M