Apologies, I thought I was replying to Andrew and I only just now realize it was Christopher. My point stands though, if there is an easier/preferred way to do this just let me know and we'll do that.
On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, at 17:46, Duru Can Celasun wrote: > Andrew, > > I think there has been some misunderstanding. Comments below. > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, at 16:31, Christopher wrote: > > 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). > > Thanks, I wasn't aware but I'm happy to add all of this. > > > I also think it > > doesn't look quite as good as the current site's layout, but that's > > probably personal taste. > > I'm not a designer and I know nothing about frontend development. The > current "look" of the site is simply the default provided by RTD. I > have neither the skills nor the interest in a new design and nobody > else ever volunteered. > > 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. > > That was always the intention, as stated in the original Jira issue > [1]. In fact, I've provided build instructions that can be used by > INFRA. > > I wasn't aware of any ads, but then again that website is simply a > proof of concept on my personal RTD account. > > > > > 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. > > See above. > > > > > 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). > > Thanks for the link. I'm not familiar with this but if INFRA could > create a thrift-website repo for us on Github I'd be happy to take a > look. > > > > > 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. > > > I'm more than happy to do it your way, especially if you think it'd be > easier. My one concern is that the current CMS content isn't exactly > great and my RTD version has improvements, but we can sort that later. > How should we proceed? > > > > > Christopher > > [1] > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-4710?focusedCommentId=16972218&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-16972218 > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > > > > > Technical Writer-Editor > > > > > > > > Infra > > > > > > > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > > > > > > > andr...@apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > < > > > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > > > > Virus-free. > > > > > > > > www.avast.com > > > > > > > > < > > > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <#m_3918189248972690169_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > > > > Technical Writer-Editor > > > > > > > Infra > > > > > > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > > > > > > andr...@apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > Technical Writer-Editor > > > > Infra > > > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > > > andr...@apache.org > > > > > > >
