Can,

The official site for Apache Thrift is located at thrift.apache.org
It is the sources for that site that needs to move away from CMS. It
is not sufficient to create a new site located elsewhere to address
the CMS issue.

While this "readthedocs" site looks good, it is missing some key
things required for ASF projects... like the mandatory foundation
links and copyright footer information (see
https://whimsy.apache.org/site/project/thrift). I also think it
doesn't look quite as good as the current site's layout, but that's
probably personal taste. It might also be a problem that it has ads on
it at readthedocs.io, though I think that might be possible to address
if it is generated locally and not hosted on readthedocs.io.

So, where it is currently hosted at readthedocs.io, it is not a
suitable alternative to the CMS hosted thrift.apache.org site... which
still needs to be addressed.

In order to replace the CMS site with this new site as the new
thrift.apache.org, the issues I mentioned would need to be fixed, and
then you'd have to generate the site locally and publish it in an ASF
git repository, and configure it to publish to thrift.apache.org using
an '.asf.yaml' configuration file (see
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/git+-+.asf.yaml+features#git.asf.yamlfeatures-WebSiteDeploymentServiceforGitRepositories).

However, I think it would be much easier to set up a simple
jekyll-based site using the existing CMS content as a starting point.
It's really not hard to do that at all. I could help with the effort,
but it's harder to explain than it is to do. I've already been helping
maintain both Accumulo and Fluo's websites in this same way, as a
committer on those projects, so I know it's super easy to maintain
once it's set up, and the set up isn't hard at all. I'm not a Thrift
committer, so I can't do most of the steps myself for Thrift, but I
can try to walk a committer through the process.

Christopher

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 8:43 AM Duru Can Celasun <dcela...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> The site on ReadTheDocs [1] isn't just documentation, it's the full website 
> including downloads [2] so I'm not sure if any other static landing page is 
> necessary.
>
> If you can clarify that first I'll go ahead and open an INFRA ticket.
>
> Can
>
> [1] https://thrift-fork.readthedocs.io/en/docs/index.html
> [2] https://thrift-fork.readthedocs.io/en/docs/download.html
>
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, at 12:35, Andrew Wetmore wrote:
> > Hi, Can:
> >
> > I spoke with Gavin MacDonald on our team, and he said the Thrift project
> > will still need at least a basic static landing page at thrift.a.o. If I
> > understand correctly, you can redirect traffic from there to what you have
> > set up in ReadTheDocs. The landing page should also have information on
> > links for downloading software releases.
> >
> > Gavin requested that you open a Jira ticket directed at Infra to cover the
> > project's migration so we can keep track of what we need to do to provide a
> > smooth transition for the project.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 1:10 PM Duru Can Celasun <c...@dcc.im> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Andrew,
> > >
> > > Any news on this? How should we proceed?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Can
> > >
> > > On Wed, 26 Aug 2020, at 16:38, Duru Can Celasun wrote:
> > > > Hi Andrew,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for the late response. Last year I started working on a migration
> > > > from Apache CMS to "read the docs" [1] but I never got a chance to
> > > > finish it.
> > > >
> > > > It's mostly complete, but we could definitely use some INFRA help to
> > > > get it over the finish line.
> > > >
> > > > Would it be possible to have a thrift-website repo on Github and have
> > > > it deployed via Travis?
> > > >
> > > > The linked issue has build instructions but I'd be happy to make
> > > > changes if needed.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me how you'd like to proceed.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Can
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > >
> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4710?focusedCommentId=16972218&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-16972218
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, at 14:06, Andrew Wetmore wrote:
> > > > > Hi:
> > > > >
> > > > > I wrote to you two weeks ago about your project website, but have not
> > > seen
> > > > > a response. Whom should I contact directly? I am trying to see whether
> > > your
> > > > > project still uses the Apache CMS and, if so, what your plans are to
> > > > > migrate off it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Andrew
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 10:06 AM Andrew Wetmore <andr...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am part of the Infrastructure team, and am writing to ask whether
> > > your
> > > > > > project is still using the Apache CMS for your project website. As
> > > you
> > > > > > know, the CMS is reaching end-of-life, and we need projects to move
> > > their
> > > > > > websites onto a different option within the next few weeks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > There are several alternatives available, including those listed on
> > > this
> > > > > > page [1] on managing project websites. Infra is assembling a Wiki
> > > page [2]
> > > > > > on migrating a website from the CMS, and is looking forward to
> > > helping
> > > > > > projects with this transition.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please let me know whether your site is still on the Apache CMS and,
> > > if
> > > > > > so, who will be the project point-of-contact with Infra for the
> > > migration.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] https://infra.apache.org/project-site.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [2]
> > > > > >
> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Migrate+your+project+website+from+the+Apache+CMS
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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