> 1. Create a short "Reporting bugs" page — how to file a JIRA, what info to 
> include, where to ask first if you're not sure it's a bug.
Want to make sure we call out the whole "you have to sign up to JIRA to 
participate" bit too while we're at it.

+1 on option 1 as well.

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026, at 10:07 PM, Bernardo Botella wrote:
> +1 on option 1.
> 
> Thanks Patrick for pouring some love here!
> 
> El El jue, 11 jun 2026 a las 9:38 a. m., Patrick McFadin <[email protected]> 
> escribió:
>> Hey everyone,
>> 
>> As part of the docs modernization work (CASSANDRA-21314), we've been burning 
>> down the broken links that are blocking the Antora 3 upgrade 
>> (CASSANDRA-21315). The bulk of that landed under CASSANDRA-21342 and is now 
>> fixed across all release branches. What's left is a small pile of links 
>> where the fix is a content decision, not a retarget. I summarized it in 
>> CASSANDRA-21449, and one of them is worth a quick discussion here because it 
>> changes site navigation.
>> The website nav and front page both link to a bugs.adoc page that doesn't 
>> exist and, as far as git history shows, never has. Under Antora 2, it just 
>> renders as a dead link, but Antora 3 with strict error checking will fail 
>> the build on it, so we have to do something. 
>> 
>> To see it, go to https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/index.html and try 
>> to click on "How to report bugs"
>> 
>> Three options:
>> 1. Create a short "Reporting bugs" page — how to file a JIRA, what info to 
>> include, where to ask first if you're not sure it's a bug.
>> 2. Replace the nav entry with a direct external link to the Cassandra JIRA 
>> project.
>> 3. Drop the entry entirely, the community page already covers how to reach 
>> us.
>> 
>> My vote is option 1. A small page costs us almost nothing to maintain and 
>> gives us a place to say "check the user list or #cassandra first," which 
>> probably saves a few duplicate JIRAs a year. I can create it.
>> The rest of the 21449 items are in-tree doc links (example tables that were 
>> never written, a couple of pages that don't exist yet) and I'll just 
>> document those decisions on the ticket. Speak up there if you care about any 
>> of them.
>> 
>> If there are no objections within a few days, I'll proceed with the new page 
>> and open a PR.
>> Thanks,
>> Patrick

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