Let's wait a little while to collect any additional opinions about this. There's pretty good evidence from other Apache projects that this isn't too bad of an idea
Apache Calcite: https://github.com/apache/calcite-site Apache Kafka: https://github.com/apache/kafka-site Apache Spark: https://github.com/apache/spark-website The Apache projects I've seen where the same repository is used for $FOO.apache.org tend to be ones where the documentation _is_ the website. I think we would need to commission a significant web design overhaul to be able to make our documentation page adequate as the landing point for visitors to https://arrow.apache.org. On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 3:46 PM Neal Richardson <neal.p.richard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Given the status quo, it would be difficult for this to make the Arrow > website less maintained. In fact, arrow-site is currently missing the > most recent two patches that modified the site directory in > apache/arrow. Having multiple manual deploy steps increases the > likelihood that the website stays stale. > > As someone who has been working on the arrow site lately, this > proposal makes it easier for me to make changes to the website because > I can automatically deploy my changes to a test site, and that lets > others in the community, who perhaps don't touch the website much, > verify that they're good. > > I agree that the documentation situation needs attention, but as I > said initially, that's orthogonal to this static site generation. I'd > like to work on that next, and I think these changes will make it > easier to do. I would not propose moving doc generation out of > apache/arrow--that belongs with the code. > > Neal > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:49 AM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I think that the project website and the project documentation are > > currently distinct entities. The current Jekyll website is independent > > from the Sphinx documentation project aside from a link to the > > documentation from the website. > > > > I am guessing that we would want to maintain some amount of separation > > between the main site at arrow.apache.org and the code / format > > documentation, at minimum because we may want to make documentation > > available for multiple versions of the project (this has already been > > cited as an issue -- when we release, we're overwriting the previous > > version of the docs) > > > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 11:33 AM Antoine Pitrou <anto...@python.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am concerned with this. What happens if we happen to move part of the > > > current site to e.g. the Sphinx docs in the Arrow repository (we already > > > did that, so it's not theoretical)? > > > > > > More generally, I also think that any move towards separating website > > > and code repo more will lead to an even less maintained website. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Antoine. > > > > > > > > > Le 02/08/2019 à 22:39, Wes McKinney a écrit : > > > > hi Neal, > > > > > > > > In general the improvements to the site sound good, and I agree with > > > > moving the site into the apache/arrow-site repository. > > > > > > > > It sounds like a committer will have to volunteer a PAT for the Travis > > > > CI settings in > > > > > > > > https://travis-ci.org/apache/arrow-site/settings > > > > > > > > Even though you can't get at such an environment variable there after > > > > it's set, it could still technically be compromised. Personally I > > > > wouldn't be comfortable having a token with "repo" scope out there. We > > > > might need to think about this some more -- the general idea of making > > > > it easier to deploy the website I'm totally on board with > > > > > > > > - Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 1:35 PM Neal Richardson > > > > <neal.p.richard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-5746 requested to move the > > > >> source for https://arrow.apache.org out of `apache/arrow` due to the > > > >> growing number of binary files (mostly images) there. > > > >> > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-4473 requested > > > >> improvements to the ability to make a test deploy of the website and > > > >> noted challenges/bugs in trying to do this when the site `baseurl` is > > > >> a subdirectory. > > > >> > > > >> On my fork of `arrow-site` [1] I have a solution to both. I created a > > > >> `master` branch and copied the contents of the `site/` directory in > > > >> `apache/arrow` to that, using `git filter-branch --prune-empty > > > >> --subdirectory-filter site master` to preserve the commit history [2]. > > > >> Then I added a build script [3] that gets executed by Travis-CI [4]. > > > >> > > > >> The script builds the Jekyll site and pushes it to a branch that gets > > > >> published. On `apache/arrow-site`, commits to the `master` branch > > > >> trigger a build of the Jekyll site and push the result to the > > > >> `asf-site` branch. On forks, commits to `master` build the site and > > > >> publish to the `gh-pages` branch, which can deploy to GitHub Pages. > > > >> > > > >> ## Features > > > >> > > > >> * Automatic building of the arrow.apache.org site whenever changes are > > > >> made to the Jekyll source--no manual build step required. > > > >> * Automatic building of a test site from your fork, which will enable > > > >> reviewers to verify your changes without having to build and serve > > > >> locally and trust that what works locally will work when deployed. > > > >> * Relative URL problems are fixed: links work regardless of whether > > > >> the "base URL" is top level or a subdirectory. > > > >> * Reduced size of the core `apache/arrow` repository > > > >> * Documentation publishing is not affected. Updating the contents of > > > >> the `docs/` directory in the published `asf-site` branch can continue > > > >> to happen by whatever other process. The automatic building and > > > >> publishing of the Jekyll site does not overwrite the `docs/` > > > >> directory. > > > >> > > > >> ## Usage > > > >> > > > >> Local development and serving of the Jekyll site is not affected by > > > >> this build process--it works exactly the same as before, just located > > > >> in the `arrow-site` repository instead of the `site/` directory of > > > >> `apache/arrow`. > > > >> > > > >> To enable the automatic building on your fork, there are a couple of > > > >> quick setup steps to enable GitHub Pages and Travis-CI, described here > > > >> [5]. > > > >> > > > >> In order set up the automatic deploy on `apache/arrow-site`, a > > > >> committer will need to set a GITHUB_PAT there. I imagine there could > > > >> be some hesitation to doing this, but it is safe because > > > >> > > > >> 1. Builds only happen on the master branch, and only committers can > > > >> modify the master branch, so by accepting a patch to `master`, they're > > > >> implicitly accepting a patch to `asf-site` > > > >> 2. Malicious actors can't modify the build script in a pull request > > > >> and use the token because Travis does "not provide [repository-setting > > > >> environment variables] to untrusted builds, triggered by pull requests > > > >> from another repository" [6] > > > >> 3. Non-committers cannot access the Travis-CI settings to alter the > > > >> GITHUB_PAT (and even committers cannot view the value of the token > > > >> once it is set) > > > >> 4. IIUC there is still a manual action required to get the ASF to > > > >> update arrow.apache.org with the contents of the `asf-site` branch > > > >> > > > >> While it would be useful, it is not required that we enable automatic > > > >> deploy on `apache/arrow-site` in order to get benefit from this > > > >> proposal because this enables contributors to opt-in to deploying test > > > >> sites from their forks, and those tests sites will actually work. > > > >> > > > >> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. If there are no > > > >> objections, then to proceed I'll need a committer to create an orphan > > > >> `master` branch on `apache/arrow-site`, and then I can make a pull > > > >> request to that, which we'd want to merge without squashing in order > > > >> to preserve the git history of the site from `apache/arrow`. > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> Neal > > > >> > > > >> [1] https://github.com/nealrichardson/arrow-site/ > > > >> [2] https://github.com/nealrichardson/arrow-site/commits/master > > > >> [3] > > > >> https://github.com/nealrichardson/arrow-site/blob/master/build-and-deploy.sh > > > >> [4] > > > >> https://github.com/nealrichardson/arrow-site/blob/master/.travis.yml > > > >> [5] > > > >> https://github.com/nealrichardson/arrow-site/tree/master#previewing-the-site > > > >> [6] > > > >> https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/environment-variables/#defining-variables-in-repository-settings
