Perhaps the a comment on the Infra page? Mobile
> On 15 Jan 2015, at 10:54, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) > <ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > Site dev is just a convenience list. There is no committee backing it. ComDev > is the right place. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Daniel Gruno<mailto:humbed...@apache.org> > Sent: 1/15/2015 7:49 AM > To: dev@community.apache.org<mailto:dev@community.apache.org> > Subject: Re: New ComDev VM > > Hi Louis, > Yes, I have discussed with my VP, and he does not have any interest > whatsoever in infra maintaining the projects site, which is why I > instead turned to comdev as a sponsor. > > projects.apache.org is just as much about getting new people to > participate in our community (by finding projects they can join) as it > is about "showing what we've got", so it felt only natural to ask the > community development project to take over. > > site-dev may be listed as one option, but it is hardly used anymore, sadly. > > With regards, > Daniel. >> On 2015-01-15 16:42, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: >> 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. >
