2hexed
September 27, 2024, 7:15am
1
Hi, I tried to report this on the nixpkgs github but it just had too many options and I couldn’t figure out what information to put and not to put which is why I’ll be leaving this post here.
Please correct me if I wasn’t supposed to post this here, I’m still new to the Nix ecosystem
Would you be interested in trying to contribute a version bump of this package?
# Contributing to Nixpkgs
This document is for people wanting to contribute to the implementation of Nixpkgs.
This involves interacting with implementation changes that are proposed using [GitHub](https://github.com/) [pull requests](https://docs.github.com/pull-requests) to the [Nixpkgs](https://github.com/nixos/nixpkgs/) repository (which you're in right now).
As such, a GitHub account is recommended, which you can sign up for [here](https://github.com/signup).
See [here](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/about-the-patches-category/477) for how to contribute without a GitHub account.
Additionally this document assumes that you already know how to use GitHub and Git.
If that's not the case, we recommend learning about it first [here](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world).
## Overview
[overview]: #overview
This file contains general contributing information, but individual parts also have more specific information to them in their respective `README.md` files, linked here:
- [`lib`](./lib/README.md): Sources and documentation of the [library functions](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#chap-functions)
- [`maintainers`](./maintainers/README.md): Nixpkgs maintainer and team listings, maintainer scripts
- [`pkgs`](./pkgs/README.md): Package and [builder](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#part-builders) definitions
- [`doc`](./doc/README.md): Sources and infrastructure for the [Nixpkgs manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/)
- [`nixos`](./nixos/README.md): Implementation of [NixOS](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/)
show original
2hexed
September 27, 2024, 1:07pm
3
Sure, I can give it a go. Am I allowed to ask questions about contribution in here? (“here” referring to current thread of mine)
Description is a bit vague, but hey I’m not sure anyone would complain.
Development discussion for Nix, NixOS, Nixpkgs, NixOps, RFCs, etc.
2hexed
September 27, 2024, 4:06pm
5
Update: I did start packaging it but since I’m new to the Nix Ecosystem there are things that I need to learn (and test) before I share my PR to nixpkgs repo, in the meantime I think this thread can be closed. Thanks mightyiam for helping.
Edit: How do I close this thread again? There’s no “Solution” button on the replies
