potiuk commented on a change in pull request #13439: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/13439#discussion_r553252887
########## File path: docs/apache-airflow-providers/index.rst ########## @@ -87,9 +88,24 @@ The capabilities are: connections defined by the provider. See :doc:`apache-airflow:howto/connection` for a description of connection and what capabilities of custom connection you can define. +Custom provider packages +'''''''''''''''''''''''' + +However, there is more. You can develop your own providers. This is a bit involved, but your custom operators, +hooks, sensors, transfer operators can be packaged together in a standard airflow package and installed +using the same mechanisms. Moreover they can also use the same mechanisms to extend the Airflow Core with +custom connections and extra operator links as described in the previous chapter. See +[Developing custom providers](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/master/DEVELOPING_CUSTOM_PROVIDERS.rst) Review comment: Actually I remove it. Because it is described in the next chapter. This is user-facing documentation if you want to develop your own, custom provider (with a nice FAQ entry below added by one of the users who already developed their own provider and share the learnings). The CONTRIBUTING doc is only for those who would like to develop the community provider (with documentation, provider.yaml etc). ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
