really nice

is it possible to have an "edit" link on each page to easily go the the .md 
source?

and is there an idea/a plan on how to have documentation for each plugin and 
every Maven sub-project?
Or is it intended to focus only on Maven core / maven-site?

Le jeudi 22 octobre 2026, 22:08:49 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Gerd 
Aschemann a écrit :
> Yes, yes, yes! Docs should live close to the respective code IMHO!
> 
> > On 22. Oct 2026, at 21:01, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > This looks really nice, thx for the work !
> > One question that comes to my mind is whether it would make sense to
> > have the documentation inside the maven-core project.
> > The main reason is that a single PR can then modify the code along
> > with the documentation.  Having them separate is a barrier to
> > documentation updates imho.  So the same way we merged the ITs inside
> > apache/maven repo, I propose we include the doc sources in that repo
> > and add the generation as part of the build.
> > Have you already discussed that ?
> > 
> > Le jeu. 22 oct. 2026 à 18:56, Sandra Parsick <[email protected]> a écrit 
:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> In the context of Support & Care [1], we create a proof of concept of
> >> how modern Maven documentation could look: https://docs.maven-starter.io/
> >> 
> >> Many pages have dummy content because we want to see what kind of
> >> structure could work for us. But some pages already have content to find
> >> out what kind of different documentation style could look like, for
> >> example: -  Your first Maven build in 5 minutes [2]
> >> -  What is Maven (for)? [3]
> >> -  How to add and exclude dependencies [4]
> >> -  Write your first Maven 3 plugin in Java [5]
> >> -  The dependency mechanism [6]
> >> -  Installing Apache Maven [7]
> >> 
> >> We have also invested time in writing a guide [8] and describing how an
> >> information architecture [9] for Maven could look  for it, so
> >> 
> >> We have opened a GitHub discussion [10] if you want to give us feedback.
> >> 
> >> We are also planning to add more content to it in the future.
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Sandra
> >> 
> >> [1] https://open-elements.com/support-care
> >> [2]
> >> https://docs.maven-starter.io/app-developer/getting-started/first-build/
> >> [3]
> >> https://docs.maven-starter.io/app-developer/key-concepts/what-maven-is/
> >> [4]
> >> https://docs.maven-starter.io/app-developer/how-to/add-exclude-dependenci
> >> es/ [5]
> >> https://docs.maven-starter.io/plugin-developer/tutorials/first-java-plugi
> >> n/
> >> [6]
> >> https://docs.maven-starter.io/app-developer/key-concepts/dependency-mecha
> >> nism/ [7] https://docs.maven-starter.io/about/installation/
> >> [8]
> >> https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/blob/main/writing-guide
> >> .md [9]
> >> https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/blob/main/information-a
> >> rchitecture.md [10]
> >> https://github.com/support-and-care/doc-for-maven/discussions
> >> 
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