I like the idea of generating a placeholder for a podling on incubation.

It can serve many purposes. See the other thread.

I don’t think time limits like three months works as some podlings wait more 
than six months for all of their SGAs.

Regards,
Dave

> On Apr 15, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Exactly. Nobody ever mentioned "redirect". Gian's original email said
> "placeholder" five times.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018, 10:15 Gian Merlino <g...@imply.io> wrote:
> 
>> Hi John,
>> 
>> What we were thinking in Druid is that we want to have _something_ up on
>> http://druid.incubator.apache.org/, but it didn't seem appropriate to move
>> over the full site before the SGA & CLAs have all been finalized (those are
>> in progress). So we put up a temporary placeholder.
>> 
>> IMO, a placeholder is better than a redirect, since it makes it more clear
>> that the pre-Apache site is not Apache-vetted nor Apache-operated. A
>> redirect from an Apache domain to a non-Apache domain is easy for a visitor
>> to fail to notice.
>> 
>> Gian
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:22 AM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> My input is a point for pagespeed to consider.  Personally, I'm not
>>> comfortable with what's proposed by Druid but it's not worth muddying up
>>> pagespeed's inquiry.  My preference is for a podling to get their website
>>> moved over quickly (and we need to figure out how to help them make that
>>> move quickly).  What I do believe though is that our branding
>> requirements
>>> would propagate over to that website as well (which it sounds like Druid
>>> has a bit wrong, at least in my take).
>>> 
>>> - Redirecting to another website that's hosting your docs doesn't remove
>>> the need for proper naming, so it should be Apache Druid (incubating) or
>>> Apache PageSpeed (incubating) upon first entry.
>>> - Even if the website is hosted elsewhere, I still expect to see the
>>> disclaimer.
>>> - The downloads page should indicate these are not Apache releases.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps Mark T has some more input on the branding and naming aspects.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 12:02 AM Julian Hyde <jhyde.apa...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I (as a Druid mentor) suggested the placeholder page, for the exact
>>>> reasons Greg describes. Short term, I promise, and better than a 404.
>>>> 
>>>> Julian
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 13, 2018, at 20:15, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> One step at a time. If they want to throw a single page up *today*
>>> rather
>>>>> than wait six weeks to fully port their website... I would take the
>>> page.
>>>>> We already had an inquiry on Druid of where their site is.
>>>>> 
>>>>> A placeholder is better than a 404. Unless, of course, you are
>>> personally
>>>>> volunteering to quickly move their entire site and workflow... ?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> -g
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018, 22:03 John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gian, Otto,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can tell you that the proposed plan from Druid is not an OK plan
>>> from
>>>> my
>>>>>> perspective.  One of your short term goals should be moving
>>>> infrastructure
>>>>>> over to the ASF.  This includes moving your website over.
>> Redirecting
>>>> your
>>>>>> ASF webpage to your old webpage will not fly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> While we can't give the same level of support as you would see on
>>> github
>>>>>> pages (maybe we'll get there one day), setting up builds in Jenkins
>> or
>>>>>> Buildbot is pretty straight forward.  Even the incubator website
>> runs
>>> in
>>>>>> this model.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's perfectly acceptable to link to pre-Apache releases on your
>>>> website.
>>>>>> I'm not sure if any of the docs lead you to believe otherwise, but
>>> this
>>>> is
>>>>>> a fine thing to do.  They just need to be clearly marked as not
>> Apache
>>>>>> releases.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The disclaimer that we request is meant to be shown on all pages of
>>> the
>>>>>> podling's website.  Not just the landing page.  If these are user
>>> facing
>>>>>> documents, then they must have the disclaimer on them.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 5:42 PM Gian Merlino <g...@imply.io>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Otto,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am just another podling committer, so this isn't authoritative
>>>> advice,
>>>>>>> but for Druid's incubating page we are planning to put up a
>>> placeholder
>>>>>>> page with a link to the current community site. It isn't up yet,
>> but
>>>> the
>>>>>>> html we are planning to use is here:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-druid-website/blob/
>>> asf-site/index.html
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Our rationale was:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1) Before the site is migrated, it's better to have a placeholder
>>> than
>>>> a
>>>>>>> 404.
>>>>>>> 2) A placeholder with a link can make it more clear that the
>> releases
>>>> on
>>>>>>> druid.io are not Apache releases.
>>>>>>> 3) A placeholder helps satisfy the requirement that podling web
>> sites
>>>>>> must
>>>>>>> have an incubation disclaimer (
>>>>>>> https://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html).
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> When we migrate the community site to Apache infra then it would
>>>> replace
>>>>>>> the placeholder.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Gian
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Otto van der Schaaf <
>>>> osch...@apache.org
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Currently pagespeed.incubator.apache.org responds with a 404,
>> which
>>>>>>> isn't
>>>>>>>> very nice.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So now we are wondering if there are any concerns with issueing a
>>>>>>> temporary
>>>>>>>> redirect to
>>>>>>>> modpagespeed.com.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> One concern could be that modpagespeed.com links to code /
>> releases
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> have not yet been
>>>>>>>> through the formal Apache release process. Would explicitly
>>> mentioning
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> fact
>>>>>>>> be sufficient to address it?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I would be grateful for any input / guidance on this topic.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Otto
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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