Joey, We can configure CI to ignore changes to doc files so that they won't trigger a build; so that shouldn't be a concern here.
--Jens On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Joey McAllister <jmcallis...@pivotal.io> wrote: > Hi all, > > Pivotal currently is working through the process of converting the existing > Geode manual from DITA to the more open-source-friendly markdown. The value > in this is that anyone will be able to contribute, rather than just folks > who have access to DITA editors. > > Our automated conversion introduced some bugs that we're manually cleaning > up now. Once that's done, we'll be ready to move the manual into an Apache > repo and host it on the website. > > Regarding the repo: Do Apache projects usually use the same repo for code > and for documentation, or do they separate them so that adding to or > editing the docs doesn't necessitate kicking off an application build? > > Best, > Joey > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 9:20 AM Nitin Lamba <nla...@apache.org> wrote: > > > From a technology readiness perspective, hosting the docs on a different > > (Apache) site should not be too hard; I've built the docs locally and on > > AWS without any major issues. > > > > Irrespective of the hosting location, the content license needs to be > fixed > > - as per the current github repo [1], it still has Pivotal copyright > though > > the generated pages (ruby/ markdown to HTML) has ASF copyright in the > > footer. > > > > Nitin > > [1] https://github.com/project-geode/docs > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Gregory Chase <gch...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > > > This is an interesting topic. > > > > > > I've noted Planet Cassandra has free high quality vendor support on > > behalf > > > of the Apache Cassandra project. > > > > > > What is appropriate in terms of core content in the community versus > > > adjunct members of the community such as companies to create derivative > > > works? > > > > > > I could imagine the collaborative authoring of documentation might take > > > place on the wiki, for example. However companies interested in > creating > > > commercial derivatives might choose to take this content, do additional > > > editing, add proprietary value-added information, and lay it out in a > > more > > > visually pleasing manner. > > > > > > -Greg > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Niall Pemberton < > > > niall.pember...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Dave Barnes <dbar...@pivotal.io> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > We plan at some point to donate the docs so they'll be incorporated > > > into > > > > > the repo. Is this a prerequisite to graduating from incubation? > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the status of the docs being donated? I raise this because > the > > > > Cassandra project was recently given a hard time by a board member > > about > > > > docs hosted on a vendor site[1]. > > > > > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/uqsizgjxi7lwjcv7 > > > > > > > > Niall > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Greg Chase > > > > > > Global Head, Big Data Communities > > > http://www.pivotal.io/big-data > > > > > > Pivotal Software > > > http://www.pivotal.io/ > > > > > > 650-215-0477 > > > @GregChase > > > Blog: http://geekmarketing.biz/ > > > > > >
