[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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