[Nix-dev] funding nixos documentation

Joachim Schiele js at lastlog.de
Sun Jul 26 21:39:16 CEST 2015


added the source code to my github repo:
  https://github.com/qknight/wiki.nixos.org-scraper

hf

On 23.07.2015 11:48, Joachim Schiele wrote:
> no, the export isn't very helpful and i'm alreadyusing AllPages but not
> all pages show up there, for instance talk pages.
> 
> i forgot to mention that assistant offers a full text search on all
> articles which is very nice!
> 
> On 23.07.2015 11:28, Kirill Elagin wrote:
>> 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
>> <mailto: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>
>>     > <mailto: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>
>>     >     <mailto: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>
>>     <mailto: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>
>>     >     <mailto:jefdaj at gmail.com <mailto:jefdaj at gmail.com>>>
>>     >     > > > To: Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de
>>     <mailto:js at lastlog.de> <mailto: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> <http://nixos.org>?
>>     >     > >
>>     >     > > > Jeff
>>     >     > > >
>>     >     > > > On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:43:07 +0200
>>     >     > > > Joachim Schiele <js at lastlog.de <mailto:js at lastlog.de>
>>     <mailto: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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