Contributing: Difference between revisions

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It is possible to contribute to Nix(OS) in different ways:

Contributing to Nix
Contributing to Nixpkgs (see below)
Contributing to the documentation
Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki (see below)

Contributing to Nix

See the Nix repository contribution guide.

Contributing to Nixpkgs

See also: Nixpkgs/Contributing

Contributing to Nixpkgs, the package repository for the Nix package manager, helps maintain and improve the ecosystem of software available to Nix users.

Guide on Contributing to the packages in Nixpkgs
Guide on Contributing to Nixpkgs in general

Contributing to the documentation

Reference documentation and learning materials for using Nix standalone are maintained on nix.dev by the Nix documentation team.

See Contributing Documentation for how you can help.

Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki

Main article: NixOS Wiki:Contributing to the wiki

Any registered account can contribute to the wiki either in the form of content, or changes to its infrastructure. Articles can be edited by adding new information, reformatting the existing one or updating outdated facts. The infrastructure is managed through the GitHub repository, and all proposals are discussed there. You can read more about this on the NixOS Wiki:Contributing to the wiki page.

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 It is possible to contribute to Nix(OS) in different ways:
 * Contributing to Nix
+* [[Contributing#Contributing to Nixpkgs|Contributing to Nixpkgs]] (see below)
 * Contributing to the documentation
-* [[Contributing#Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki|Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki]] (see below)
+* [[Help:Contributing|Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki]] (see below)
-* [[Contributing#Contributing to Nixpkgs|Contributing to Nixpkgs]] (see below)
 == Contributing to Nix ==
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 Contributing to [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs Nixpkgs], the package repository for the [https://nixos.org/ Nix package manager],  helps maintain and improve the ecosystem of software available to Nix users.
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 == Contributing to the Official NixOS Wiki ==
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-=== Contributing to the content ===
+Any [[Special:CreateAccount|registered account]] can contribute to the wiki either in the form of content, or changes to its infrastructure. Articles can be edited by adding new information, reformatting the existing one or updating outdated facts. The infrastructure is managed through the GitHub repository, and all proposals are discussed there. You can read more about this on the [[NixOS Wiki:Contributing to the wiki]] page.
-* Read and adhere the NixOS [[Manual of Style]] to ensure consistency across the wiki.
-* Consider browsing the [https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Special:SpecialPages Special Pages] directory which contains useful links for understanding the Wiki's structure and for finding things to improve or create.
-* Join the relevant [[MatrixRooms|Matrix room]]
-=== Contributing to the infrastructure ===
-The configuration is hosted on [https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-wiki-infra/ GitHub]. Discussions take place there, in the [[MatrixRooms|Matrix room]], and during the documentation team meetings, which are public.
-[[Category:Development]]
-[[Category:Contributions]]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:NixOS Contributor's Guide.}}