From 782146b83b2e7df83cd1b17f9f5d4cb6b04ef5af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DS Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 16:47:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Acknowledge efforts to port the pills to its current format --- pills/00-preface.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/pills/00-preface.md b/pills/00-preface.md index 967da61..a21c5fc 100644 --- a/pills/00-preface.md +++ b/pills/00-preface.md @@ -1,10 +1,13 @@ # Preface -This is a ported version of the **Nix Pills**, a series of blog posts written by **Luca Bruno** (aka Lethalman) and originally published in 2014 and 2015. It provides a tutorial introduction into the Nix package manager and Nixpkgs package collection, in the form of short chapters called 'pills'. +This is a ported version of the **Nix Pills**, a series of blog posts written by **Luca Bruno** (aka Lethalman) and originally published in 2014 and 2015. +It provides a tutorial introduction into the Nix package manager and Nixpkgs package collection, in the form of short chapters called 'pills'. -Since the Nix Pills are considered a classic introduction to Nix, an effort to port them to the current format was led by Graham Christensen (aka grahamc / gchristensen) and other contributors in 2017. +Since the Nix Pills are considered a classic introduction to Nix, an effort to port them to a DocBook format was led by Graham Christensen (aka grahamc) and other contributors in 2017. +In 2024, Noam Yorav-Raphael (aka noamraph) and Jan Tojnar (aka jtojnar) ported them to the current mdBook format. -For an up-to-date version, please visit . An [EPUB version](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nix-pills.epub) is also available. +For an up-to-date version, please visit . +An [EPUB version](https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nix-pills.epub) is also available. If you encounter problems, please report them on the [nixos/nix-pills](https://github.com/NixOS/nix-pills/issues) issue tracker.