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.whee...@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.kont...@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 <jef...@gmail.com> > > > To: Joachim Schiele <j...@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 <j...@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 > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> nix-dev mailing list > > >> nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > >> http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > > nix-dev mailing list > > > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > > nix-dev mailing list > > nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl > > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev > > > > > > -- > Patrick Wheeler > patrick.john.whee...@gmail.com > patrick.whee...@colorado.edu _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
