Awesome! Thanks a lot for looking into this Becket! The VMs hosted by Infra look suitable.
@Shaoxuan: There is actually already a static page. It used to be linked, but has been removed from the navigation bar for some reason. This is the page: https://flink.apache.org/ecosystem.html We could update the page and add it back to the navigation bar for the coming weeks. What do you think? I would actually like to push for a dynamic page right away. I know it's kind of a bold move, but how do you feel about sending the owners of spark-packages.org a short note, if they are interested in sharing the source? We could maintain the code together in a public repo. If they are not interested in sharing, or we decide not to ask in the first place, I'm happy to write down a short description of the requirements, maybe some mockups. We could then see if we find somebody here in the community who's willing to implement it. Given the number of people who are eager to contribute, I believe we will be able to find somebody pretty soon. On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 3:49 AM Becket Qin <becket....@gmail.com> wrote: > Forgot to provide the link... > > [1] https://www.apache.org/dev/services.html#blogs (Apache infra services) > [2] https://www.apache.org/dev/freebsd-jails (FreeBSD Jail provided by > Apache Infra) > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:46 AM Becket Qin <becket....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> Thanks for the feedback. These are good points. We should absolutely >> shoot for a dynamic website to support more interactions in the community. >> There might be a few things to solve: >> 1. The website code itself. An open source solution would be great. TBH, >> I do not have much experience on building a website. It'll be great if >> someone could help comment on the solution here. >> 2. The hardware to host the website. Apache Infra provides a few >> services[1] that Apache projects can leverage. I did not see database >> service, but maybe we can run a simple MySQL db in FreeBSD jail[2]. >> >> @Bowen & vino, thanks for the positive feedback! >> >> @Shaoxuan Wang <wshaox...@gmail.com> >> Thanks for the suggestion. That sounds reasonable to me. We probably need >> a page in the Flink official site anyways, even just provide links it to >> the ecosystem website. So listing the connectors in that static page seems >> something we could start with while we are working on the dynamic pages. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jiangjie (Becket) Qin >> >> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:40 AM Shaoxuan Wang <wshaox...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Becket and Robert, >>> >>> I like this idea! Let us roll this out with Flink connectors at the >>> first beginning. We can start with a static page, and upgrade it when we >>> find a better solution for dynamic one with rich functions. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Shaoxuan >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 1:36 AM Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Becket, >>>> >>>> This is a great idea! >>>> For this to be successful, we need to make sure the page is placed >>>> prominently so that the people submitting something will get attention for >>>> their contributions. >>>> I think a dynamic site would probably be better, if we want features >>>> such as up and downvoting or comments. >>>> I would also like this to be hosted on Apache infra, and endorsed by >>>> the community. >>>> >>>> Does anybody here know any existing software that we could use? >>>> The only think I was able to find is AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/ >>>> (which is a community packages site for Arch Linux. The source code of this >>>> portal is open source, but the layout and structure is not an ideal fit for >>>> our requirements) >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Robert >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 12:03 PM Becket Qin <becket....@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> >>>>> I would like to start a discussion thread about creating a Flink >>>>> ecosystem website. The website aims to help contributors who have >>>>> developed >>>>> projects around Flink share their work with the community. >>>>> >>>>> Please see the following doc for more details. >>>>> >>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12oCItoLbKrLGuwEUFcCfigezIR2hW3925j1hh3kGp4A/edit# >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Jiangjie (Becket) Qin >>>>> >>>>
