+1 Dave - great stuff!
*Marco Massenzio* *Distributed Systems Engineerhttp://codetrips.com <http://codetrips.com>* On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Dave Lester <d...@davelester.org> wrote: > As part of the #MesosCon Europe hackathon, my team has been making > improvements to the website. Among these changes, we'd like to propose > changing where the website source files live by moving them to the main > Mesos codebase. Our current progress / working branch of this is > available on GitHub: https://github.com/fayusohenson/mesos/tree/site > > * What does this mean? * > We've added a /site directory to the Mesos codebase, which includes the > website source files. Today, these live in subversion. The rake file and > other parts of building the website all work in this new environment, > plus a number of related fixes (image linking, etc). > > For committers that are familiar with the current model for pushing the > site live, this immediate change still requires us `svn commit` the > /publish directory for the website (static files that are generated). > > * Why this change? * > 1. Today we do not have an easy process for the community to contribute > to the project website. By merging this with the Mesos codebase, it will > be significantly easier to send a review or pull request. > 2. It'll be easier for committers to manage the website, and check that > documentation changes render on the website properly before committing. > Because it's difficult to do today, this is often not checked. :( > 3. It's a solid step toward an automated deployment of the website in > the future: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-1309 > > * Who approves of this change? * > As the Mesos website maintainer, I feel good about this change and its > direction for the project. Before committing this change, I'd like > community support that including this in the main Mesos codebase makes > sense. > > Comments? Questions? > > Dave >
