Thanks everyone for voting. After running for 2 weeks the vote has passed
with:
13 +1s (including 7 binding PMC +1s)
No -1s
No 0s

I will create an infra ticket to change the branch and provide updates on
this thread.

Ethan

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 9:37 AM Sadanand Shenoy <sshe...@apache.org> wrote:

> +1
>
> Thanks,
> Sadanand
>
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 10:34 PM swaminathan balachandran <
> swamirishi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > +1
> > Thanks for explaining the problem.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 1:17 AM Nandakumar Vadivelu
> > <nvadiv...@cloudera.com.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > +1
> > > Thanks for the detailed description Ethan.
> > >
> > > > On 21-Feb-2024, at 10:13 PM, Arpit Agarwal
> > <aagar...@cloudera.com.INVALID>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the well-written description Ethan. I missed this thread
> > > earlier.
> > > >
> > > > On Feb 20, 2024 at 10:21:38 PM, Dinesh Chitlangia <
> dine...@apache.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> +1
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Dinesh
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM Ethan Rose <er...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi Ozone devs,
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I’d like to start a vote thread to change the default branch in the
> > > >>
> > > >> apache/ozone-site <https://github.com/apache/ozone-site> repo from
> > > >>
> > > >> asf-site
> > > >>
> > > >> to master. Changing the default branch requires an Infra ticket and
> > > mailing
> > > >>
> > > >> thread according to the asfyaml README
> > > >>
> > > >> <
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml/blob/main/README.md#default-branch
> > > >>
> > > >>> .
> > > >>
> > > >> I’ll start with some questions you may have when deciding to vote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *Does this have anything to do with the new website development that
> > is
> > > >>
> > > >> happening on the feature branch HDDS-9225-website-v2
> > > >>
> > > >> <https://github.com/apache/ozone-site/tree/HDDS-9225-website-v2>?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> No, this has nothing to do with the new website. The change would be
> > > >>
> > > >> effective for the existing website only since it concerns the
> asf-site
> > > and
> > > >>
> > > >> master branches, neither of which the new website uses right now.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *What is the difference between asf-site and master?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> The master branch contains the code that we modify and commit to
> > change
> > > the
> > > >>
> > > >> website. The asf-site branch contains the already built website. The
> > > >>
> > > >> contents of asf-site are automatically generated from master and
> > > committed
> > > >>
> > > >> by a GitHub Action
> > > >>
> > > >> <
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/ozone-site/blob/master/.github/workflows/regenerate.yml
> > > >>
> > > >>> .
> > > >>
> > > >> From there, existing ASF services read the .asf.yml
> > > >>
> > > >> <https://github.com/apache/ozone-site/blob/asf-site/.asf.yaml> file
> > in
> > > the
> > > >>
> > > >> asf-site branch and copy the built contents from that branch to
> > wherever
> > > >>
> > > >> the ASF is hosting the static sites for projects.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *Why should we change the default branch from asf-site to master?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>   1. (My primary motivation) Pull request templates only work if
> they
> > > >>
> > > >> are committed
> > > >>
> > > >>   to the default branch
> > > >>
> > > >>   <
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://docs.github.com/en/communities/using-templates-to-encourage-useful-issues-and-pull-requests/about-issue-and-pull-request-templates#pull-request-templates
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>   .
> > > >>
> > > >>   Committing the PR template from HDDS-10267
> > > >>
> > > >>   <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDDS-10267> to the
> asf-site
> > > >>
> > > >>   branch would be clunky and difficult to modify. It is better to
> > leave
> > > >>
> > > >> that
> > > >>
> > > >>   branch for auto generated content only. That PR template currently
> > > does
> > > >>
> > > >> not
> > > >>
> > > >>   work since it is not on the asf-site (current default) branch.
> > > >>
> > > >>   2. It’s confusing for users who go to the site on GitHub or clone
> > the
> > > >>
> > > >>   repo and expect to see the code they should modify to change the
> > site.
> > > >>
> > > >>   Instead they have to find the branch that actually has the code
> that
> > > the
> > > >>
> > > >>   asf-site build content came from.
> > > >>
> > > >>   3. (Minor) PRs default to using the default branch. When filing a
> PR
> > > for
> > > >>
> > > >>   the website, GitHub suggests using asf-site first, which gives a
> > > message
> > > >>
> > > >>   stating that the changes cannot be merged since there is no common
> > > >>
> > > >> history.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *Why is our current default asf-site?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I’m not sure, maybe someone in the community has historical context
> on
> > > >>
> > > >> this. It could be because this is the branch that pre-built docs are
> > > >>
> > > >> committed to when we copy them from the main Ozone repo (a practice
> we
> > > are
> > > >>
> > > >> looking to get rid of in the new website). It also seems there were
> > > >>
> > > >> some changes
> > > >>
> > > >> to branch publishing made around May 2021
> > > >>
> > > >> <
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-asfyaml/blob/main/README.md#publishing-a-branch-to-your-project-web-site
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >> so perhaps it was required to be this way for publishing before
> those
> > > >>
> > > >> updates.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *Is there any standard among other ASF projects for which branch
> > should
> > > be
> > > >>
> > > >> the default?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I’ve looked at a bunch of other project’s websites and have yet to
> > find
> > > one
> > > >>
> > > >> that’s using asf-site as the default. They are all using the
> > development
> > > >>
> > > >> branch (equivalent to our master branch) as the default branch. See
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/yunikorn-site
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/streampipes-website
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/kvrocks-website
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/pulsar-site
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/doris-website
> > > >>
> > > >>   - https://github.com/apache/rocketmq-site
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *Will this affect the existing website?*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> This should not affect the existing website. The branch to use for
> > > >>
> > > >> deployment is hardcoded in .asf.yml
> > > >>
> > > >> <https://github.com/apache/ozone-site/blob/asf-site/.asf.yaml> and
> > not
> > > >>
> > > >> implied from the repository’s default branch setting. Deployment
> > should
> > > >>
> > > >> work as usual. I will double check with infra on the ticket to make
> > > sure no
> > > >>
> > > >> changes are required when making this change.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Overall a long winded email for a pretty simple change. I’ll start
> > with
> > > my
> > > >>
> > > >> +1 with the hope of incrementally improving the development
> experience
> > > of
> > > >>
> > > >> the current site, and in the future, the new website as well.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Ethan
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
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