Documentation office hour - Feb 10, 2023

[MarkEWaite (Mark Waite)]

2023-02-10T03:00:00Z

2023 02 10 Docs Office Hours

2023-02-10 (Asia) - Google Summer of Code

Attendees

• Mark Waite
• Kris Stern

Agenda

• Action items

  • None

• GSoC preparation

• Documentation transition to Java 17

  • April / May 2023 release of Debian 12 ⇒ transition install docs from Java 11 to Java 17
  • Transitioning Windows and Linux install docs from Java 11 to Java 17 at that time
    • Consistent Java version
    • Move more users to Java 17

• Prep for CentOS 7 end of life

  • Mark Waite has strong bias against CentOS 7
    • Ancient command line git (1.8)
    • Ancient SSH (7.4)
  • Action items
    • Create one or more issues to track the work to remove CentOS 7 from docs
    • Stop running automated packaging tests of CentOS 7
    • Announce deprecation of CentOS 7 container images
    • Capture the end of life of CentOS 7 in a Jira epic
  • CentOS 7 not supported by the rpm installer (since the change to systemd)
  • CentOS 7 Docker container deprecated since 30 Sep 2022
  • CentOS 7 end of Docker container images proposed to Platform SIG
  • CentOS 7 entered maintenance in 2020, end of life in June 2024
  • Documentation references to CentOS 7 to remove
  • Replacements include:
    • Desktop or server operating system
      • Alma Linux 8 or 9, Rocky Linux 8 or 9, RHEL 8 or 9, Oracle Linux 8 or 9
    • Containers
      • ubi8, ubi9, Alma, Rocky all provide

• Pull requests of note

  • https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/5888 - “Updating Jenkins” guide update
  • https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/5900 - adding Lighttpd reverse proxy info
    • Needs testing/verification before adding
  • https://github.com/jenkinsci/docker/pull/1538 - Uninstalling a plugin from Docker container
    • Needs testing/verification
    • Once merged, needs portions extracted to www.jenkins.io documentation
  • https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/5970 - adding Jenkinsfile Runner GitHub Actions tutorial
    • Completely new content, needs to be tested and verified
  • Update View Logs page in System Administration section by sujay2306 · Pull Request #5985 · jenkins-infra/jenkins.io · GitHub - Update “Viewing Logs” page
    • Content needs this update (mac OS X is a few versions behind)
  • https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/5958 - add implied dependency information
    • Lots of good content submitted, have provided initial review & suggestions