I'd like to see statistics on how accurate the AI is, both when it comes to a working configuration and also a secure and performant configuration. In my view, there is already a problem with people posting questions on the users list without a basic understanding of what they're doing and my gut feeling is that AI driven answers in the docs will make it worse.
- Y Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperactive autocorrect. On Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 8:58 AM Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding to a larger audience — kapa.ai has offered to sponsor an “Ask > AI” feature on the https docs site, and I wanted to get the opinion of the > larger community. I don’t yet know what’s involved in integrating this, if > we were to do it. But you can see it in action on a number of our > sister-project websites, as mentioned in the forwarded message. > > I’m happy to have a call with them next week and report back on details, > or someone else can take this if they want to. > > —Rich, on behalf of the docs folks. > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Anton Malling <[email protected]> > *Subject: **RE: [Bug 62227] No way to comment on docs* > *Date: *March 16, 2026 at 2:09:09 PM GMT+1 > *To: *[email protected] > *Reply-To: *<[email protected]> > > Hi team, > > Following this thread, wanted to jump in from kapa.ai 👋 > > The core problem you're describing (removing the comments section = losing > user feedback on whether the docs are working) is something we help solve > for other Apache projects. > > We work with the ASF through a formal partnership that lets us donate kapa > free of charge to Apache projects. The way it's most useful in your context: > > - An "Ask AI" button on the docs that users interact with instead of a > comment section > - An analytics suite that shows you which questions get asked most, where > the docs fall short, and where coverage gaps are - essentially structured > feedback without the maintenance burden of a comments system: > https://docs.kapa.ai/analytics/coverage-gaps > > You can see it live on Apache Superset: https://superset.apache.org/ - > and on Apache Doris, Dubbo, and others. > > Would it be worth a 20-min call to see if this could fill the gap the > comments section is leaving? Happy to set up a demo scoped to the HTTPd > docs. > Best, > Anton Malling > [email protected] > > On 2026/03/16 13:06:06 [email protected] wrote: > > https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62227 > > > Rich Bowen <[email protected]> changed: > > > What |Removed |Added > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Resolution|--- |FIXED > > Status|NEW |RESOLVED > > > --- Comment #7 from Rich Bowen <[email protected]> --- > > Comments section removed in r 1932336 (2.4) and r 1932335 (trunk). Revert > those > > changes and rebuild to bring it back if that ever becomes desirable. > > > -- > > You are receiving this mail because: > > You are the assignee for the bug. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > Best regards, > Anton Malling > Chief of Staff @ kapa.ai > > > — > Rich Bowen > [email protected] > > > > >
