[Nix-dev] Doc feedback: the very first steps

[Ville Oikarinen]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Ville Oikarinen wrote:

> Is the dependency to docs really necessary? I just want to install the
> software, read its docs from the web and keep away from the XML external
> reference namespace search path versioning scheme installation jungle :)
> 
> Or, if it's possible to get a more detailed step-by-step howto for the
> whole installation process (something like gentoo howtos: they manage to
> document every relevant step and at the same time explain the more general
> principles and give choices), I'm willing to try with docs, too.

So, would someone be willing to do either of these? Autoconfigured 
makefiles are beyond my skills so I can't really modify the build to get 
what I want.

And, without proper documentation I can't build the docs, either.

Or, a new, genuinely stable release would be good, too, but I think the
development environment should also be easy to set up, to attract more
contributors.

It would feel stupid to delay adopting this promising piece of software
because of problems processing some XML I didn't want in the first place,
in a development environment I didn't want in the zeroth place :)

- Ville Oikarinen