Documentation office hours - July 2022

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2022-07-07T17:00:00Z

2022-07-07 (Europe)

Attendees

  • Kevin Martens
  • Vihaan Thora
  • Bruno Verachten
  • Mark Waite

Recording:

Agenda:

  • Action items

    • Mark - Archive docs mailing list, switch to community.jenkins.io for Docs SIG
    • Upcoming blog posts that Mark owes to the organization
      • Award winners from cdCon
        • Darin Pope named CDF Continuous Enthusiast of 2022
        • Basil Crow named Jenkins Top Contributor
        • Wadeck Follonier Security MVP (Most Valuable Player)
        • Oleg Nenashev named CDF Top Documentor
      • Jenkins Contributor Summit summary
      • She Code Africa Contributhon results

  • News

    • 2.358 released this week and requires Java 11 or Java 17
      • No longer supports Java 8
    • Next LTS baseline will drop Java 8 support (September)
      • Additional context added to documentation

  • Jenkins 2.346.2 changelog and upgrade guide

    • Mark and Kevin submitted the content
    • First reviews received, updates applied

  • Google Summer of Code update - Vihaan Thora

    • Non-scrolling contents list on side panel
    • Data type inline with parameter name
    • Search on the Pipeline steps reference page
    • Release of the pipeline library, artifact is visible on repo.jenkins-ci.org
      • Considering if it should be made incremental
      • Will replace the relevant classes in pipeline steps generator with a reference to the library
      • Consider adding automated tests in the future

  • Require Java 11 further improvements - Jenkins 2.358, Jenkins 2.359, …

    • Jetty upgrade from 9.x to 10.x
      • More complicated because incompatible changes in Websocket API between Jetty 9.x and Jetty 10.x
    • Java 11 language extensions being applied
      • OpenRewrite prototype by Steve Hill may help with plugin modernization

  • Commercial support page proposal

    • Suggested by Gavin Mogan of the Jenkins governance board
    • Update support page to provide better content/direct contact to support

  • Look & feel updates for www.jenkins.io