Part of it is because Apache offers an equivalent service for publishing sites to apache.org directly rather than to github.io.
On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 09:21, Volkan Yazıcı <volkan.yaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ralph, regarding your "after a discussion on Slack with infra I determined > that using GitHub pages isn’t what we want to do." remark... I am curious > to know about the details. Can we use GitHub pages in some way? Or why one > should prefer one over another? > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 7:21 AM Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > > > Another follow-up. After a discussion on Slack with infra I determined > > that using GitHub pages isn’t what we want to do. I then modified the site > > to work with the normal “pub/sub” that infra supports via the .asf.yaml > > files. The documentation for that says it supports having sub-projects be > > hosted in separate repos so I followed those instructions. Unfortunately, > > those sites are not deploying. I have opened > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-20792 < > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-20792> to try to get this > > addressed but have not gotten a response to this yet nor to the questions I > > asked on Slack. Not surprising since it was a Sunday afternoon. > > > > I have not documented the process yet since I am not sure I did everything > > correctly. > > > > FWIW, I plan to hold off starting the log4j release process until this is > > resolve since trying to commit a new Log4j web site using svn has been > > taking at least 30 minutes. My experience in committing the preview site to > > my personal GitHub site has shown that it is significantly faster. > > > > Ralph > > > > > On Aug 30, 2020, at 11:29 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > I have created the logging site in git at > > https://github.com/apache/logging-site < > > https://github.com/apache/logging-site>. I used jbake to generate the > > CMS portion of the site. It is pretty easy. All you have to do is > > > > > > cd sources > > > Make the required changes > > > mvn install > > > > > > You will then have a viewable site in the /docs directory and can view > > it by opening docs/index.html in the browser. > > > > > > I created a .asf.yaml file with the intention of having a preview site > > on the asf-staging branch and the live site at master. However, the > > instructions for the staging site seem to imply using pypubsub where I am > > attempting to use GitHub Pages for the live site. These seem to conflict as > > GitHub pages wants the site in the /docs directory while pypubsub seems to > > imply it needs to be in the root directory. > > > > > > I am able to get a site up at https://apache.github.io/logging-site < > > https://apache.github.io/logging-site> but it is not being reflected at > > https://logging.apache.org <https://logging.apache.org/>. > > > > > > At this point without clearer instructions from infra I am not sure > > where to go to make the site live. > > > > > > I have started a confluence page to document managing the site but it > > seems much easier than using the CMS. > > > > > > Ralph > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 5, 2020, at 5:30 AM, Andrew Wetmore <andr...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi: > > >> > > >> I am part of the Infrastructure team, and am writing to ask whether your > > >> project is still using the Apache CMS for your project website. As you > > >> know, the CMS is reaching end-of-life, and we need projects to move > > their > > >> websites onto a different option within the next few weeks. > > >> > > >> There are several alternatives available, including those listed on this > > >> page [1] on managing project websites. Infra is assembling a Wiki page > > [2] > > >> on migrating a website from the CMS, and is looking forward to helping > > >> projects with this transition. > > >> > > >> Please let me know whether your site is still on the Apache CMS and, if > > so, > > >> who will be the project point-of-contact with Infra for the migration. > > >> > > >> Thank you! > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> [1] https://infra.apache.org/project-site.html > > >> > > >> [2] > > >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INFRA/Migrate+your+project+website+from+the+Apache+CMS > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Andrew Wetmore > > >> Technical Writer-Editor > > >> Infra > > >> *Apache Software Foundation* > > >> andr...@apache.org > > >> > > >> < > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > >> Virus-free. > > >> www.avast.com > > >> < > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > > > >> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > > > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
