Maruan Sahyoun
> Am 18.09.2014 um 02:03 schrieb John Hewson <j...@jahewson.com>: > > I agree with Tilman on this point, the examples need to stay in the trunk > where they can be built along with it. > It’s very common to modify an example to take into account API changes. > They’re also currently distributed along with the main PDFBox source bundle, > which is a good thing. > > I’d be surprised if anybody outside of the project wanted to contribute to > the documentation, almost nobody seems to like writing it. Perhaps we could > do this as a trial - see if it really increases contributions or not? It > would be great if it did. > OK so lets try with the docs. To mention it for completness - the build process for the web site and the documentation contained within will still be done by the Apache CMS. > It’s worth adding that I’m (reluctantly) against moving PDFBox trunk over to > GitHub because GitHub Issues is not powerful enough for our needs (e.g. no > file attachments), which is really a shame. > Issue tracking would still be done using Jira. Same as for most other Apache projects > -- John > >> On 17 Sep 2014, at 10:26, Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> wrote: >> >> Hi Maruan, >> >> The examples only. >> >> With "the docs" I assume you mean the website. I've never touched it >> (although I might in the future), it isn't part of the project, so I don't >> mind. >> >> Tilman >> >>> Am 17.09.2014 um 19:01 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun: >>> is that because of the examples, the docs or both? >>> >>> BR >>> >>> Maruan >>> >>>> Am 17.09.2014 um 18:46 schrieb Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de>: >>>> >>>> It is a "I don't like it, but I can live with it but I think it might be a >>>> pain". A "soft -1". >>>> >>>> Tilman >>>> >>>>> Am 17.09.2014 um 08:40 schrieb Andreas Lehmkühler: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>>> Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de> hat am 16. September 2014 um >>>>>> 18:03 >>>>>> geschrieben: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -1, I don't like the idea to have different repository types. >>>>> Hmmm, is this just a "I don't like it, but I can live with it" or is it a >>>>> clear >>>>> veto? >>>>> >>>>> In a case of a veto, how about starting with moving parts of the docs to >>>>> a new >>>>> git repo? IMO sooner or later the project will move from svn to git and >>>>> that >>>>> would be a good opertunity to get used to the general usage of git and of >>>>> course >>>>> to the special processes used here at the ASF so that we are not thrown >>>>> in at >>>>> the deep end after the migration. >>>>> >>>>>> Tilman >>>>> BR >>>>> Andreas >>>>> >>>>>>> Am 16.09.2014 um 10:21 schrieb Maruan Sahyoun: >>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> in order to make it easier for people to contribute to the >>>>>>> documentation and >>>>>>> examples I thought about the potential benefits of moving these to a git >>>>>>> based repository instead of svn. The main idea behind that is to allow >>>>>>> people to contribute via github opening another channel of >>>>>>> communication and >>>>>>> making it easier to contribute. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Proposed names are pdfbox-docs and pdfbox-examples. Take a look at >>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs for an example of that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I haven’t thought about all potential implications and changes >>>>>>> necessary yet >>>>>>> but wanted to get a first feedback about support for that idea before >>>>>>> putting more effort into that. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> WDYT? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Maruan >
