+1 on md over google doc.

> ... Google Docs do not show up in Google searches ...

This is bad for our design docs.  How about the other search engines?

Ritest, thanks for bringing this up!

Tsz-Wo


On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM Abhishek Pal <pal.abhishek03012...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the proposal Ritesh.
>
> I think the docs module is not as actively contributed to and it would be
> good to move towards adding design docs to this - as we can integrate it
> directly with the Ozone website as well.
>
> This would also give users an idea of what is planned for the product
> roadmap from the proposals that get added ( we do have a Design Docs page
> in the website, but we can work towards making it a bit nicer if we are
> actively going to maintain these docs )
>
> +1
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 at 07:27, Tejaskriya Madan
> <tejaskriya.mad...@cloudera.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > +1
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tejaskriya
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Apr, 2025, 07:00 Devesh Singh, <deveshsi...@cloudera.com
> > .invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > +1
> > >
> > > Thanks & Regards
> > > Devesh Singh
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 15 Apr, 2025, 2:59 am Dinesh Chitlangia, <dine...@apache.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dinesh
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 1:42 PM Ritesh Shukla <rit...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > We should shift our design discussions from Google Docs to Markdown
> > > files
> > > > > managed through GitHub Pull Requests. This approach would:
> > > > >
> > > > >    1. Keep our discussions in the same system as our code,
> creating a
> > > > more
> > > > >    cohesive history
> > > > >    2. Make our design documents more accessible to developers
> already
> > > > >    familiar with our workflow
> > > > >    3. Enable better version tracking and diffing through Git's
> native
> > > > >    capabilities
> > > > >    4. Allow for easier integration with our existing documentation
> > > > >
> > > > > This shift aligns with open-source best practices and would reduce
> > > > context
> > > > > switching between platforms. Also, Google Docs do not show up in
> > Google
> > > > > searches and tend to get lost into obscurity. Without going into
> > > > details, I
> > > > > am also not sure if they can be preserved for the duration of the
> > > project
> > > > > (vs a Git commit).
> > > > >
> > > > > Thus, if we accept this proposal any Jira with a Google Doc
> attached
> > > for
> > > > > design would be requested to open a PR for the Jira with the design
> > > doc.
> > > > >
> > > > > We could use Jira, but its interface is not suitable for large
> texts
> > > > > compared to the rich ecosystem around Markdown for authoring
> > documents.
> > > > > Most IDEs have excellent Markdown integration.
> > > > >
> > > > > We can draw images in our favorite editor and attach them to a
> > markdown
> > > > (or
> > > > > use ASCII art). LLMs are also very capable of authoring good ASCII
> > > > diagrams
> > > > > or flow charts.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ref:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://github.com/apache/ozone/pull/6121
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Ritesh
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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