[Nix-dev] funding nixos documentation
Kirill Elagin
kirelagin at gmail.com
Thu Jul 23 11:28:30 CEST 2015
nix-assistant looks nice!
By the way, there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Export (e.g.
https://nixos.org/wiki/Special:Export/Creating_a_NixOS_live_CD and
https://nixos.org/wiki/Special:AllPages).
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:03 AM Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de> wrote:
> hey,
>
> sorry that i didn't write back right away, but i felt it wasn't the
> right time to do so.
>
> i got some news, that is: nix-assistant!
>
> see details here:
> http://blog.lastlog.de/posts/nix-assistant/
>
> if you find this stuff cool, you can use the donation option at the end
> of the article (link above).
>
> seems writing documentation for nix isn't such a good way to get funding
> for nix, because the project itself is still finding a proper stand. the
> nixos foundation is a good start and therefore the nix project is
> heading in the right direction!
>
> hf,
> qknight
>
> On 04.06.2015 03:35, Patrick Wheeler wrote:
> >> Yeah I would do that too. When I said I couldn't I thought we were
> > talking about job-level money.
> >
> > I do not know how far that much money goes, but I figure if an issue is
> > important I can just add money to it month after month.
> >
> > It only takes a few people doing that to a few topics to build up a
> > reasonable number of hours a month a work.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Jeffrey David Johnson <jefdaj at gmail.com
> > <mailto:jefdaj at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah I would do that too. When I said I couldn't I thought we were
> > talking about job-level money. And https://www.bountysource.com/
> looks
> > like a great setup. They even take bitcoin! (May not matter to
> > anyone else...)
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 18:51:14 -0500
> > Patrick Wheeler <patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com
> > <mailto:patrick.john.wheeler at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > I have thought about opening small bounties for nixos. Probably
> > only 20-50
> > > dollars a month though. Not clear how far that would go though.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Tomasz Kontusz
> > <tomasz.kontusz at gmail.com <mailto:tomasz.kontusz at gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 06/03/2015 08:21 PM, Jeffrey David Johnson wrote:
> > > > > Oops, replying to the whole list now.
> > > > >
> > > > > Begin forwarded message:
> > > > >
> > > > > Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 11:20:10 -0700
> > > > > From: Jeffrey David Johnson <jefdaj at gmail.com
> > <mailto:jefdaj at gmail.com>>
> > > > > To: Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de <mailto:js at lastlog.de>>
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] funding nixos documentation
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I like the idea but can't personally pay for it :(
> > > > >
> > > > > I see you have a paper on <http://nixos.org/docs/papers.html>
> > > > > comparing Nix to other package managers. I think that would be
> > a great
> > > > > topic for documentation! Maybe a series of short tutorials for
> > people
> > > > > coming from Debian, Arch, Gentoo, brew on OSX, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, long shot idea: we could put together a list of
> > bounties. Pledge
> > > > > amounts toward particular fixes/goals and then when someone
> > > > > accomplishes them they post a paypal/bitcoin address to get
> > paid. I'm
> > > > > not sure how to make it binding or pay up front or resolve
> > disputes
> > > > > though.
> > > > Actually there are already systems for bounties
> > > > (https://www.bountysource.com/ is one) - do people here have any
> > > > experience with those?
> > > > Would it make sense to have one of such platforms endorsed by
> > nixos.org <http://nixos.org>?
> > > >
> > > > > Jeff
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:43:07 +0200
> > > > > Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de <mailto:js at lastlog.de>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> hey,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> if someone is willing to pay me for nixos documentation
> > updates i would
> > > > >> love to do some contribution(s)/rework.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> just let me know if you are interested.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> goals i consider importatnt:
> > > > >> - nix/nixpkgs documentation
> > > > >> - nix-shell examples
> > > > >> - create a nix tutorial
> > > > >> - create an offline version of the wiki
> > > > >> - create an offline version of package/option search
> > > > >>
> > > > >> please contact me if you have interest in paying me for such
> > things.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> regards,
> > > > >> joachim schiele
> > > > >>
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