On Sun, 29 Apr 2018, Jan Iversen wrote:
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 19:53:45 +0200
From: Jan Iversen <j...@apache.org>
To: general@attic.apache.org
Subject: discussion/vote new site (again, but last time from me)
Hi.
Based on a suggestion from Henk, I hereby once again try to start a
discussion/vote on the new site.
Ok ; great ; thanks.
We need to select either lua-site or jekyll-site. I strongly believe
there are no reasons to polish the sites more before selecting, it is
apparent how both sites will work.
Let me say first that Sebb did a great job perfecting the config
(json/yaml file) ; since it handles all the past retirements,
we can be confident that either solution can handle (almost)
any future case.
The problem at hand is simple :
-- there is only one 'base' ; all generated pages look the same.
-- there is only one 'template' : base + project-list (on the right)
-- there are only 4 (kinds of) pages :
-- index.html : template + index.txt
-- process.html : template + process.txt
-- resolution.html : template + resolution.txt
-- $project.html : template + <proj-data>
where <proj-data> is generated from the config.
-- only 3 substitutions are needed [project-list, title, $proj-data].
[main point] I think using a template system is, at best, unnecessary.
Note that the jekyll templates aren't 'easy' (full of if/then/else's),
and can't be understood unless you look at the code too.
[I know, because I had to follow Sebb, as he added more and more ;-]
With the lua stuff, the 'logic' is in one place.
-- the jekyll stuff uses ruby, ant and jekyll ; requiring installs.
the lua stuff uses only perl and make ; always available,
and more widely used/known.
-- the lua tree looks simpler than the jekyll tree ...
As the problem is simple, a simple solution is sufficient.
jan I
Regards,
Henk Penning
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