I think the committer list, like the PMC membership, is shared across all
the Geode-related sites. The geode-docs site would be added to this list.
>From the "Committers" link on Geode "Community" page (
https://geode.apache.org/community/):
Repositories managed by this Committee (from ASF Git mirrors
<https://git.apache.org/>):

   - geode: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode.git
   - geode-benchmarks:
   https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-benchmarks.git
   - geode-dotnet-core-client:
   https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-dotnet-core-client.git
   - geode-examples: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-examples.git
   - geode-kafka-connector:
   https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-kafka-connector.git
   - geode-native: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-native.git
   - geode-site: https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/geode-site.git
   - geode-svn: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geode/


On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 6:08 AM Joris Melchior <jmelch...@vmware.com.invalid>
wrote:

> I like this idea. I agree that changes to documentation are different from
> changes to code, and documentation should be able to move in a different
> cadence.
>
> Would committers to Geode and Geode-docs be the same after this proposed
> change?
>
> Joris Melchior
>
> From: Dave Barnes <dbar...@apache.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 3:14 PM
> To: dev@geode.apache.org <dev@geode.apache.org>
> Subject: [PROPOSAL] Relocate Geode Docs from code repo to seperate repo
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> I'd like to move the doc sources for the Geode User Guide from the code
> repo (
> https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fapache%2Fgeode&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cjmelchior%40vmware.com%7C54eb53d60ca94a1b157308da4e3a1593%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637908308627227614%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2JRX3rpAptf1Sa0EmEPJnDu%2B3mS%2FsEB83M2warTTni4%3D&amp;reserved=0)
> to a separate geode-docs repo.
>
> The primary reason is to allow docs to cycle at their own rate, rather than
> in lock-step with the code. The present arrangement causes problems during
> releases, when code is frozen (including doc sources) to prepare a release
> candidate. This is exactly the time when critical last-minute doc changes
> are needed, but such changes are forbidden due to the code freeze.
>
> I have participated in the Geode project since its inception, and can
> confidently state that this conflict arises with nearly every Geode
> release. Setting up the docs in a separate repo would alleviate this
> regularly-recurring, counter-intuitive situation.
>
> Of note: The docs directories and toolset are almost entirely independent
> of directories and tools needed for code development and release, so
> removal of the doc sources from the Geode code repo should be painless for
> developers.
>
> Observations and opinions welcome...
>
> Dave Barnes
>
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