NixOS / NixOS/nix.dev

Explain the documentation architecture

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Description

Observations

Some contributors are skeptical about the nix.dev separation.

It would be nice for that information to be discoverable, and easy for anyone (but especially us) to refer to.

Problem

We might have to repeat this, and some might not even ask.

Approaches

Willing to help?

As a reviewer.
I did not come up with the policy and do not feel very strongly about it.

Priorities

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked nixpkgs discussion and review the existing nix.dev documentation architecture. Clarify the rationale for the separation and identify where that explanation should be discoverable; the work is done when contributors can easily find and refer to the documented policy.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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