[Nix-dev] funding nixos documentation

[Patrick Wheeler]

> 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>
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> 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
> >
> > 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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