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 Stefan Schroeder | In reply to @fricklerhandwerk:matrix.org
Hi Nix docs people! I'm slowly revamping our Open Collective page and would like to ask for your input: what should we ask our supporters to help make possible?
A couple of months ago we prepared the Google Season of Docs application which, based on some metrics, proposed to write a Docker and cross compilation tutorial each. There's probably more high-value targets that we could make possible with some funding. Things that are too risky to start if it's not someone's job to finish them. What did you always want to have in terms of documentation but didn't dare asking for? What would help you have a better time contributing to documentation?
We have an "Installing Nixos of RPi 4" that says: "With some modifications this would also work on a RPi 3". It would be nice to learn what these are in detail. Furthermore: This tutorial installs on the SBC as if it were a regular machine. But the RPi is pretty low performance. It would be nice to have a tutorial (and this would also extend to non-SBC machines) to explain how to create and tailor a ready-to-run diskimage on a separate, more powerful machine that you can copy to a SD card and run without additional tweaking on the device. | 07:47:06 |
 fricklerhandwerk | Stefan Schroeder: thanks for the feedback! Creating a fully offline installer image would indeed be worthwhile, I've seen people ask it a lot (example). That would be a nice small recipe, and would mesh nicely with the nixos-anywhere tutorial. | 07:52:46 |
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| @viperml:ayats.org | hello, how do I get a link to one of the nix manual sections, that is not bound to an specific nix version? I want to get the latest derivations page, not specific to 2.18 https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.18/language/derivations | 09:39:17 |
 toonn | Fernando: I think you can substitute `stable` for the version number. | 10:01:45 |
| @viperml:ayats.org | perfect, thank you | 11:36:24 |
| @viperml:ayats.org | perhaps it could be useful to have some little icon at the bottom of the page or something, that copies that 😄 | 11:36:52 |
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| @viperml:ayats.org | hello again, I believe pkgs.writers are not documented in the nixpkgs manual 🤔 | 13:02:52 |
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| loudgolem | nix-build --check flag is not documented in nix manual https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/command-ref/nix-build.html | 09:05:30 |
| loudgolem | it is refrenced here https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/advanced-topics/diff-hook#spot-checking-build-determinism | 09:06:41 |
| fricklerhandwerk | In reply to @phanirithvij:matrix.org
nix-build --check flag is not documented in nix manual https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/command-ref/nix-build.html Thanks for the pointer. Please open an issue on GitHub so we don't lose track of it | 09:27:52 |
| loudgolem | ok I will check if any existing issues exist or create one | 09:29:48 |
| loudgolem | Redacted or Malformed Event | 09:31:16 |
| loudgolem | * seems there is one already by you, https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7981 | 09:31:30 |
| loudgolem | In reply to @fricklerhandwerk:matrix.org
Thanks for the pointer. Please open an issue on GitHub so we don't lose track of it seems there is one already by you, https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7981 | 09:33:06 |
| fricklerhandwerk | Ah thanks, I didn't find it on a quick skim | 09:34:42 |
| loudgolem | what is the current ongoing documentation effort, I mean what is being worked on?
where can I follow it? | 09:39:22 |
| loudgolem | ok I found what has been done recently https://discourse.nixos.org/search?q=This%20Month%20in%20Nix%20Docs%20in%3Atitle%20order%3Alatest_topic | 09:49:36 |
| loudgolem | also https://github.com/orgs/NixOS/projects/15/views/1 | 14:09:44 |
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| fricklerhandwerk | In reply to @phanirithvij:matrix.org
what is the current ongoing documentation effort, I mean what is being worked on?
where can I follow it? It’s been a bit quiet around the team recently, and the project board is out of date. There are a few isolated efforts here and there, and I keep reviewing PRs. Any help is greatly appreciated - if you want to pick up or start something, we can supply all the information you need to get going | 18:59:37 |
| loudgolem | In reply to @fricklerhandwerk:matrix.org
It’s been a bit quiet around the team recently, and the project board is out of date. There are a few isolated efforts here and there, and I keep reviewing PRs. Any help is greatly appreciated - if you want to pick up or start something, we can supply all the information you need to get going I've added a broken link checker github workflow to nixos wiki infra recently and plan to do something similar to find broken/outdated links in nixpkgs as a maintainer script. | 20:38:42 |
