Daniel, One thing—Apache’s Infra page lists site-dev@ for overhauls that seem to be like what you are proposing. See
"site-dev@ The site-dev list was formed to allow for discussion of every aspect of the small number of websites that are centrally managed by the ASF (e.g. /dev/) and for co-ordination of infrastructure needs and publishing methods for all ASF project websites. Participation in these lists is NOT limited to committers, but rather to any committer or interested party invited by a committer (please would the committer send email to site-dev-owner). The list is normally low volume and aims to discsuss all aspects of the websites, from creation tools through to look and feel.” at http://apache.org/dev/infra-mail.html. Doubtless, you’ve already gone over this… louis > On 15 Jan 2015, at 03:07, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hiya folks, > as part of trying out the new projects site, I have set up a VM inside our > infrastructure for us to use. > the VM is called projects-vm.apache.org and is tied to LDAP much like > people.apache.org is these days, thus you will need to have your public ssh > key in your LDAP profile in order to gain access. If you do have that set up, > and would like to access to the machine (some of you already have access, > others don't), just send me a line and I'll open up access for you. > > The projects VM is set up to serve content via httpd, but only to the > TLS-terminator nyx-ssl.apache.org (thus you will get a 403 Denied if you > visit the VM's web site directly). To get to the test site, use > https://projects-new.apache.org/ . Similar, to try out the (very simple) > editing features, use https://projects-new.apache.org/edit/ (requires your > LDAP username+password and allows you to edit data for those projects where > you are on the PMC). > > If you try out the editing features, do not that every edit you do will > generate an email with the new project data and send it to dev@community.a.o, > as a review measure. > > I hope this will make it easier for people to jump in and help with creating > the site :) > > With regards, > Daniel. > > On 2015-01-14 18:53, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: >> Daniel, >> >> There is no "assuming" just do it :-) >> >> You have a number of ComDev PMC members saying +1, and you are a PMC member >> yourself. Let's have the code where we can start working on it and let's get >> it to feature parity with projects.apache.org ASAP. I agree with Rich that >> there is value in this already. >> >> This is not to exclude the much broader OfBiz proposal, but it looks to me >> like this solution is close to being ready to go as a replacement for >> projects.apache.org and I already see some simple improvements I can make in >> a coffee break at work :-) >> >> Ross >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Daniel Gruno [mailto:humbed...@apache.org] >> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:43 AM >> To: dev@community.apache.org >> Subject: Re: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal >> >> >> On 2015-01-14 18:37, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>> Just as a note for the sake of truth, OFBiz has Content component >>> http://projects.apache.pw/projects.html?category#content >> http://ofbiz.apache.org/doap_OFBiz.rdf disagrees ;-) but, assuming this gets >> accepted into comdev, you needn't worry about doap files any longer, as you >> will be able to edit it online instead. >> >> With regards, >> Daniel. >> >>> I very like what I saw, kudos! >>> >>> Jacques >>> >>> Le 14/01/2015 12:48, Daniel Gruno a écrit : >>>> Hi folks, >>>> I was having a conversation with Rich (Bowen) some weeks ago, and the >>>> sentiment was that our projects page ( projects.apache.org >>>> <http://projects.apache.org> ) could use a big overhaul. It's >>>> outdated, not very user friendly, doesn't really compile the data >>>> into anything useful (mostly just displays "raw" data) and it's >>>> difficult to navigate (no search abilities, no actual overviews). >>>> >>>> Therefore, I propose that the community development project takes >>>> over this project from Infra, which has no interest in >>>> continuing/maintaining it, and revamps it with both a new site design >>>> and a new LDAP/JSON-based information system which would enable >>>> people to edit their project details online without having to >>>> upload/change RDF files when something happens. This would also mean >>>> that everything could be rendered in the browser instead of relying >>>> on daily cron jobs to compile the page, and also allow us to add some >>>> inspiring/interesting graphical charts and overviews/timelines. >>>> >>>> I have been working on a proposal that follows these ideas, which is >>>> available for preview at http://projects.apache.pw/ for those >>>> interested. Only the first two tabs in the menu currently work (and >>>> the extensive search feature), but that is still most of what the old >>>> site has and then some. I am pondering on moving some of the front >>>> page stuff to the 'Timelines' tab instead, feedback is appreciated on >>>> this. >>>> >>>> So, comments, feedback, questions, anything is most welcome, >>>> especially comments on whether you: >>>> 1) think comdev should be responsible for the projects directory >>>> 2) think the proposal looks good/swell/nifty/whatever. >>>> >>>> A few notes on the search feature: >>>> - You can search for virtually anything within a project, types, >>>> languages, descriptions, bug-trackers etc >>>> - Try typing your committer ID or Apache ID into the box, and it will >>>> show all projects you are a part of >>>> >>>> If there is consensus for moving this into comdev framework and >>>> collaborating on this, I will commit the proposal to a sub-folder in >>>> the comdev svn repository and ask infra for a VM where we can set >>>> this up. >>>> >>>> With regards, >>>> Daniel. >>>> >>>> >>>> >
