Documentation Office Hours - December 8, 2023

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2023-12-08T02:30:00Z

2023-12-08 (Asia)

Attendees

  • Mark Waite
  • Meg McRoberts
  • Kris Stern

Agenda

  • LTS 2.426.2 releases on December 13, 2023
    • Changelog and upgrade guide are merged
    • Kris is the release lead
  • Contributor spotlight
    • Available with first spotlight - Alex Brandes
    • Alex Earl is next, then Kris Stern
  • Jenkins Contributor Summit at FOSDEM by Jean-Marc Meessen
    • Important dates & info regarding the contributor summit
  • GSoC 2024 preparation has begun
    • Compiled a list of project ideas, gathering more ideas
      • Repository permissions updater as code
      • Backend extension indexer replacement project
        • Kris will submit a PR proposing the idea
      • Coordinating meeting in 12 hours less to plan
    • Additional ideas will be added to the jenkins.io page
      • Need more details for the project ideas
      • Need more mentors for the projects
    • Many contributors have expressed interest in various Jenkins repositories
      • Good way to invite first time contributors to submit pull requests
  • Versioned documentation for Jenkins.io
    • Report issues with current content at Issues · Vandit1604/jenkins-docs · GitHub
      • More reviewers of the current prototype would be very good
      • Proposals for fixes are welcomed for the new site
        • Good way to test drive the development process for the new site
    • What will do we need to do to deploy it
      • Almost ready to deploy to https://docs.jenkins.io
        • New site, no risk to existing functionality
        • Deploy to the new site, let us test drive on the site
          • making changes to old and new
          • Comparing content between old and new
          • Comparing navigation between old and new
        • What if we created docs.jenkins.io but did not include it in the nav bar
      • Can we add some indicator to each page that it is an evaluation site
      • Can we update the version to most recent release?
    • Steps to deploy and assess the deployment
      • Assess contents of the prototype site
        • Test plan comparing docs contents of prototype site with current site
      • Request new site https://docs.jenkins.io from infra team
    • Vandit working to update the documentation copy
    • Installing Jenkins :: Jenkins
  • Pushing for mid-December to be ready to deploy to docs.jenkins.io
    • Roughly 1 week from now
    • Now is the time to check the content, assure it is correct, complete, etc.