Github user tweise commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/apex-site/pull/42#discussion_r71928404 --- Diff: src/md/release.md --- @@ -150,6 +150,47 @@ mkdir svn-dist && cp *-source-* svn-dist/ svn import svn-dist https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/apex/${RNAME}-RC1 -m "Apache Apex v${rv}-RC1" ``` +## Build and Deploy Documentation + +The documentation will be generated as static HTML files and copied into the ```apex-site``` repository. It will be available at an alternate URL location until the release is promoted, at which time it will also be promoted to the main website location. + +Do the following setup setups before building and deploying the documentation. Clone the apex-site repository into a folder called ```apex-site``` at the same level as the current repository. Set the following environment variables + +For -core releases: + +``` +REPO_NAME=apex-core +DOC_NAME=apex +``` + +For -malhar releases: + +``` +REPO_NAME=apex-malhar +DOC_NAME=malhar +``` + +Execute the following commands to build and deploy the documentation. **Note**: Until [mkdocs #859](https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/859) is resolved and available for download, use mkdocs built against [master](https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs). + +```bash +# build docs, they would be generated in the site folder +mkdocs build --clean + +# copy docs from site into target folder on apex-site +cd ../apex-site +git checkout asf-site +rm -rf docs/${DOC_NAME}-${rv} --- End diff -- OK, that's good. Then for a patch release the docs will be updated along with the RC. And only a minor or major release will need the latest symlink update when promoting the release.
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