FYI this will impact us.
Begin forwarded message: > From: Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> > Date: May 31, 2021 at 06:45:17 PDT > To: Users <us...@infra.apache.org> > Subject: [NOTICE] [Podlings] Git web site publishing to be done via .asf.yaml > only as of July 1st > Reply-To: priv...@tuweni.apache.org > > TL;DR: if your project web site is kept in subversion, disregard this email > please. If your project web site is using git, and you have not deployed it > via .asf.yaml, you MUST switch before July 1st or risk your web site goes > stale. > > > > Dear Apache projects, > In order to simplify our web site publishing services and improve self-serve > for projects and stability of deployments, we will be turning off the old > 'gitwcsub' method of publishing git web sites. As of this moment, this > involves 120 web sites. All web sites should switch to our self-serve method > of publishing via the .asf.yaml meta-file. We aim to turn off gitwcsub around > July 1st. > > > ## How to publish via .asf.yaml: > Publishing via .asf.yaml is described at: > https://s.apache.org/asfyamlpublishing > You can also see an example .asf.yaml with publishing and staging profiles > for our own infra web site at: > https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-website/blob/asf-site/.asf.yaml > > In short, one puts a file called .asf.yaml into the branch that needs to be > published as the project's web site, with the following two-line content, in > this case assuming the published branch is 'asf-site': > > publish: > whoami: asf-site > > > It is important to note that the .asf.yaml file MUST be present at the root > of the file system in the branch you wish to publish. The 'whoami' parameter > acts as a guard, ensure that only the intended branch is used for publishing. > > > ## Is my project affected by this? > The quickest way to check if you need to switch to a .asf.yaml approach is to > check out site source page at https://infra-reports.apache.org/site-source/ - > if your site is listed in yellow, you will need to switch. This page will > also tell you which branch you are currently publishing as your web site. > This is (should be) the branch that you must add a .asf.yaml meta file to. > > The web site source list updates every hour. If your project site appears in > green, you are already using .asf.yaml for publishing and do not need to make > any changes. > > > ## What happens if we miss the deadline? > If you miss the deadline, don't fret. Your site will of course still remain > online as is, but new updates will not appear till you create/edit the > .asf.yaml and set up publishing. > > > ## Who do we contact if we have questions? > Please contact us at us...@infra.apache.org if you have any additional > questions. > > > With regards, > Daniel on behalf of ASF Infra. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: private-unsubscr...@tuweni.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: private-h...@tuweni.apache.org >
