Then option 3.  It doesn't drop anything (which confused me), and it describes 
everything you want to add already.



> On 12 Jun 2026, at 00:35, Patrick McFadin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Which is option 3
> 
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM Mick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Or link to our existing "Reporting Bugs" section
> https://cassandra.apache.org/_/community.html#how-to-contribute 
> 
> ? 
> 
> 
> 
> > On 11 Jun 2026, at 03:37, Patrick McFadin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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