Awesome :) Thanks a lot for driving this Marta! Nice to see Flink (by virtue of having Apache as part of the name) so high on the list, with other good open source projects :)
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:18 PM Marta Paes Moreira <ma...@ververica.com> wrote: > I'm happy to announce that we were *accepted* into this year's Google > Season of Docs! > > The list of projects was published today [1]. The next step is for > technical writers to reach out (May 11th-June 8th) and apply (June 9th-July > 9th). > > Thanks again to everyone involved! I'm really looking forward to kicking > off the project in September. > > [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/participants/ > > Marta > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 5:14 PM Marta Paes Moreira <ma...@ververica.com> > wrote: > > > The application to Season of Docs 2020 is close to being finalized. I've > > created a PR with the application announcement for the Flink blog [1] (as > > required by Google OSS). > > > > Thanks a lot to everyone who pitched in — and special thanks to Aljoscha > > and Seth for volunteering as mentors! > > > > I'll send an update to this thread once the results are out (May 11th). > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/332 > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 9:28 PM Seth Wiesman <sjwies...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hi Marta, > >> > >> I think this is a great idea, I'd be happy to help mentor a table > >> documentation project. > >> > >> Seth > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 8:38 AM Marta Paes Moreira <ma...@ververica.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Thanks for the feedback! > >> > > >> > So far, the projects on the table are: > >> > > >> > 1. Improving the Table API/SQL documentation. > >> > 2. Improving the documentation about Deployments. > >> > 3. Restructuring and standardizing the documentation about > >> Connectors. > >> > 4. Finishing the Chinese translation. > >> > > >> > I think 2. would require a lot of technical knowledge about Flink, > which > >> > might not be a good fit for GSoD (as discussed last year). > >> > > >> > As for mentors, we have: > >> > > >> > - Aljoscha (Table API/SQL) > >> > - Till (Deployments) > >> > - Stephan also said he'd be happy to participate as a mentor if > >> needed. > >> > > >> > For the translation project, I'm pulling in the people involved in > last > >> > year's thread (Jark and Jincheng), as we would need two > chinese-speaking > >> > mentors. > >> > > >> > I'll follow up with a draft proposal early next week, once we reach a > >> > consensus and have enough mentors (2 per project). Thanks again! > >> > > >> > Marta > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 2:53 PM Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Thanks for driving this effort Marta. > >> > > > >> > > I'd be up for mentoring improvements for the deployment section as > >> > > described in FLIP-42. > >> > > > >> > > Cheers, > >> > > Till > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:20 AM Aljoscha Krettek < > >> aljos...@apache.org> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Hi, > >> > > > > >> > > > first, excellent that you're driving this, Marta! > >> > > > > >> > > > By now I have made quite some progress on the FLIP-42 > restructuring > >> so > >> > > > that is not a good effort for someone to join now. Plus there is > >> also > >> > > > [1], which is about incorporating the existing Flink Training > >> material > >> > > > into the concepts section of the Flink doc. > >> > > > > >> > > > What I think would be very good is working on the Table API/SQL > >> > > > documentation [2]. We don't necessarily have to take the FLIP as a > >> > basis > >> > > > but we can, or we can start from a blank slate. I think the > current > >> > > > structure as well as the content is sub-optimal (not good, > really). > >> It > >> > > > would be ideal to have someone get to now the system and then > write > >> > > > documentation for that part of Flink that has both good structure > >> and > >> > > > content and nicely guides new users. > >> > > > > >> > > > I would be very happy to mentor that effort. > >> > > > > >> > > > Best, > >> > > > Aljoscha > >> > > > > >> > > > [1] > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea9cbfffd9a1c0ca6f78f7e8c8497d81f32ed4a7b9e7a05d59f3b2e9%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E > >> > > > > >> > > > [2] > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=127405685 > >> > > > > >> > > > On 17.04.20 09:21, Robert Metzger wrote: > >> > > > > Thanks a lot for volunteering to drive an application for the > >> Flink > >> > > > project! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Last year, we discussed finishing the chinese translation as a > >> > > potential > >> > > > > project. I believe there's still a need for this. > >> > > > > Since the work on the project starts pretty far in the future > >> > > > (September), > >> > > > > the translation project is a good fit as well (there's currently > >> no > >> > > major > >> > > > > effort on the translation, rather a constant flow of PRs, but I > >> don't > >> > > > think > >> > > > > that is enough to finish the translation). > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:15 AM Konstantin Knauf < > >> kna...@apache.org> > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> Hi Marta, > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Thanks for kicking off the discussion. Aljoscha has recently > >> revived > >> > > the > >> > > > >> implementation of the FLIP-42 and has already moved things > around > >> > > quite > >> > > > a > >> > > > >> bit. [1] > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> There are a lot of areas that can be improved of course, but a > >> lot > >> > of > >> > > > them > >> > > > >> require very deep knowledge about the system (e.g. the > >> "Deployment" > >> > or > >> > > > >> "Concepts" section). One area that I could imagine working well > >> in > >> > > such > >> > > > a > >> > > > >> format is to work on the "Connectors" section. Aljoscha has > >> already > >> > > > moved > >> > > > >> this to the top-level, but it besides that it has not been > >> touched > >> > yet > >> > > > in > >> > > > >> the course of FLIP-42. The documentation project could be > around > >> > > > >> restructuring, standardization and generally improving the > >> > > > documentation of > >> > > > >> our connectors for both Datastream as well as Table API/SQL. > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Cheers, > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Konstantin > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> [1] https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-master/ > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:11 PM Marta Paes Moreira < > >> > > > ma...@ververica.com> > >> > > > >> wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >>> Hi, Everyone. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> Google is running its Season of Docs [1] program again this > >> year. > >> > The > >> > > > >> goal > >> > > > >>> of the program is to pair open source organizations/projects > >> with > >> > > > >>> professional technical writers to improve their documentation. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> The Flink community submitted an application in 2019 (led by > >> > > > Konstantin) > >> > > > >>> [2,3], but was unfortunately not accepted into the program. > This > >> > > year, > >> > > > >> I'm > >> > > > >>> volunteering to write and submit the proposal in the upcoming > >> > weeks. > >> > > To > >> > > > >>> achieve this, there are a few things that need to be sorted > out > >> in > >> > > > >> advance: > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> - > >> > > > >>> *Mentors *Each proposed project idea requires at least two > >> > volunteers > >> > > > to > >> > > > >>> mentor technical writers through the process. *Who would > >> like > >> > to > >> > > > >>> participate as a mentor*? You can read about the > >> > responsibilities > >> > > > here > >> > > > >>> [4]. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> - > >> > > > >>> *Project Ideas *We can submit as many project ideas as we'd > >> like, > >> > but > >> > > > >> it's > >> > > > >>> unlikely that more than 2 are accepted. *What would you > >> > consider > >> > > a > >> > > > >>> priority for documentation improvement*? In my opinion, > >> > > > reorganizing > >> > > > >> the > >> > > > >>> documentation to make it easier to navigate and more > >> accessible > >> > > to > >> > > > >>> newcomers would be a top priority. You can check > >> > > > FLIP-42/FLINK-12639 > >> > > > >> [5] > >> > > > >>> for improvements that are already under consideration and > >> [6] > >> > for > >> > > > last > >> > > > >>> year's mailing list discussion. > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> - *Alternative Organization Administrator* > >> > > > >>> I volunteer as an administrator, but Google requires two. > >> *Who > >> > > > would > >> > > > >>> like to join me as an application administrator*? > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> The deadline is *May 4th *and the accepted projects would > >> kick-off > >> > > the > >> > > > >> work > >> > > > >>> with technical writers on *September 14th*. Let me know if you > >> have > >> > > any > >> > > > >>> questions! > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> Thanks, > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> Marta > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> [1] https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs > >> > > > >>> [2] > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3c789b6187da23ad158df59bbc598543b652e3cfc1010a14e294e16a@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E > >> > > > >>> [3] > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Up53jNsLztApn-mP76AB6xWUVGt3nwS9p6xQTiceKXo/edit?usp=sharing > >> > > > >>> [4] > >> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/mentor-guide > >> > > > >>> [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-12639 > >> > > > >>> [6] > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3c789b6187da23ad158df59bbc598543b652e3cfc1010a14e294e16a@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E > >> > > > >>> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> -- > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> Konstantin Knauf > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
