I like Shaoxuan's idea to keep this a static site first. We could then iterate on this and make it a dynamic thing. Of course, if we have the resources in the community to quickly start with a dynamic site, I'm not apposed.
– Ufuk On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 2:31 PM Robert Metzger <rmetz...@apache.org> wrote: > > 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 > >>>>> > >>>>
