[Nix-dev] funding nixos documentation

[Patrick Wheeler]

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>
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>
> > To: Joachim Schiele <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?
>
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Wed, 03 Jun 2015 16:43:07 +0200
> > Joachim Schiele <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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