Hi,

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Geertjan Wielenga
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ...To me, it's not very clear what the difference is between, e.g,
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/NetBeans+Developer+FAQ
> (i.e., the Apache NetBeans Wiki) and netbeans.apache.org (i.e., the
> developer-facing Apache NetBeans site)....

For durable content like a developer's FAQ I'd use the
netbeans.apache.org website for sure. With the publishing process that
you're working on (using JBake + gitpubsub) you have complete control
over the content with minimal dependencies on stuff that you don't
control. The content is nicely version controlled in Git, which also
makes contributions easy using the same mechanism than for code.

IMO the Confluence wiki is good for collecting content, drafting
things etc. including allowing users to contribute directly to that
content, but you only have partial control on how things look and
work, and as the Confluence instance is shared it's often hard to
customize things.

> ...3. Confluence content is stored in a proprietary format, available through 
> a REST
> API, that is poorly documented. Exporting content in the future may be 
> complicated...

Indeed, another big plus for the website for durable content - the
format is well documented and simple.

-Bertrand

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