This question (does the external site idea play well with our community policies?) is an important one. My proposal comes from efficiency considerations - let's hear from the community: if consensus is that the proposal conflicts with policy, I'll certainly withdraw it. -Dave
On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Anthony Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Is hosting the data on a site external to ASF infrastructure in accord > with our community policies? > > Anthony > > > On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Gregory Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Pivotal Data Communities maintains this public calendar: > > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pivotal.io_u8kgvuahjkboh1gnfhv5ts2v9c%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles > > > > However not sure we can sort out the Geode events. > > > > We can create an additional calendar to host on behalf of Apache Geode, > as > > much as I don't like double entry :) > > > > -Greg > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Dave Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> If we choose to proceed in this direction, we'll need a > >> community-accessible site that hosts a public Google calendar. Does this > >> already exist, or do we need to create one? > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:28 PM, William Markito <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> The javascript integration you did looks really good to me... Although > >> the > >>> Brazilian calendar might be too much given the number of holidays... :P > >>> > >>> A separate website would be a bit confusing since it would not be > handled > >>> or managed within the project or by committers of the project, which > >> might > >>> be a similar problem for a google calendar but might more doable... > >>> > >>> About your second question the calendar widget would take of it once > the > >>> events pass. For now, I'm not sure we need to be much concerned since > >> it's > >>> also good for people to see events that already happened so they can > find > >>> content... > >>> > >>> Just my 2 cents. > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 5:13 PM Dave Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> This was a proof-of-concept, but the redesign needs more thought. I > >>> think a > >>>> separate site will allow more flexibility in presentation and design. > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure how much information most publicly-visible Google > >> calendars > >>>> provide, but this example's pretty slim. Doesn't begin to rival the > >>>> appearance or level of detail of the existing implementation. > >>>> > >>>> Those of us who care need to come up with a design. My first question > >> has > >>>> to do with existing resources: > >>>> Is there a website already in existence that could serve as a host for > >>>> calendar postings from the community? > >>>> > >>>> Second question: In the meantime, how shall we handle updates to the > >>>> existing site? The Jan 31 event will go 'stale' in less than a week. > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Dan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> +1 Good idea! > >>>>> > >>>>> -Dan > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Greg Chase <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> +1 for supporting Brazilian Holidays > >>>>>> > >>>>>> +1 for a calendar service that makes it easier for the community to > >>>>>> contribute events. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Dave Barnes <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> First pass, using the calendar of Brazilian Holidays - look just > >>>> below > >>>>>> the > >>>>>>> Pivotal events: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>> http://ec2-52-33-216-127.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/community/ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 7:43 AM, Nitin Lamba <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> +1 for data-driven event calendar! William's suggested solution > >>> is > >>>>>>>> available as a jQuery plugin [1]. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Nitin > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> [1] > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > http://www.jqueryscript.net/social-media/jQuery-Plugin-To-Display-Google-Calendar-Feeds-On-Your-Website.html > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> From: William Markito <[email protected]> > >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 12:00 AM > >>>>>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Proposal: Move Events to a non-Repo website > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hi Dave, I think it's a great idea! In fact, I'd rather have > >> it > >>>>> some > >>>>>>> how > >>>>>>>> (javascript ?) pull that data from a Google Calendar feed or > >>>>> something > >>>>>>> like > >>>>>>>> that to automate the updates. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> +1 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:34 PM Dave Barnes < > >> [email protected]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> RFF (Request for Feedback) > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Apache Geode website design suggestion: Replace the volatile > >>>> Events > >>>>>>>> section > >>>>>>>>> of the Geode website with a link to a community events site > >>>> that's > >>>>>> not > >>>>>>>> part > >>>>>>>>> of the Apache Geode source code repo. That way, the events > >> can > >>> be > >>>>>>> updated > >>>>>>>>> quickly by community members without the delay, overhead, and > >>>>>> potential > >>>>>>>>> code corruption resulting from updating calendar items in the > >>>> code > >>>>>>> repo. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Greg Chase > > > > Director of Big Data Communities > > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data > > > > Pivotal Software > > http://www.pivotal.io/ > > > > 650-215-0477 > > @GregChase > > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/ > >
