Documentation Office Hours - Jun 30, 2023

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2023-06-30T03:00:00Z

2023-06-30 (Asia)

Attendees

  • Mark Waite
  • Meg McRoberts
  • Kris Stern

Agenda

  • Google Summer of Code
    • Midterm presentations are next week, July 6, 2023
      • See the webinar announced by Alyssa Tong for next week
    • Midterm evaluations are due from lead mentors of each project to Google July 14, 2023
      • Mentors need to agree on their evaluation content before the deadline
      • Can see the midterm evaluation questions now
        • When did you first communicate with your GSoC contributor?
        • How often do you and your GSoC contributor communicate?
        • How do you communicate with your GSoC contributor?
        • How many hours do you spend on your GSoC contributor’s project per week?
        • How often do you require status updates from your GSoC contributor?
        • Rate the quality of your GSoC contributor’s interactions with the project mentor(s)
        • Please rate the quality of your GSoC contributor’s interactions with your organization and community.
        • How would you rate your GSoC contributor’s performance overall?
        • Is your GSoC contributor on track to complete their project?
        • What is the quality of code/work your GSoC contributor has produced so far?
        • For this evaluation, should your GSoC contributor pass or fail?
        • (If passed) Are you confident in your decision to pass your GSoC contributor?
        • (If failed) Why did you fail your GSoC contributor?
        • Feedback for your GSoC contributor (will be shared directly with GSoC contributor)
        • Anything else you’d like to tell Google?
    • Docker quickstart
    • Building jenkins.io with alternate tools - prototype site
      • New pull request has been submitted for the solutions pages
      • Minor work on the main site to fix redirections
  • Open pull requests of interest
    • Administering Jenkins on Kubernetes from Tanuj Sharma
      • PR-6474 proposes an outline, needs review from those who know Kubernetes
        • Jenkins on Kubernetes rather than Administering Jenkins on Kubernetes
        • Install instructions become purely configuration with an opening link to the Kubernetes install chapter
          • Include the “Configuration Management” info in this section
        • Link from installation page to this new configuration page
        • Review and correct content in the Kubernetes install pages
        • More generic name like “reliability” so that users understand the limitations of Jenkins in Kubernetes
          • Loss of a pod requires start of a new pod, some downtime during the restart
        • Link from the Kubernetes specific sections to relevant general purpose pages
          • Troubleshooting k8s should link to the general purpose page in addition to Kubernetes specific information
        • Invite reviewers to compare existing content and k8s content for improvements in both places
    • Mark resolved a conflict in an old PR of Meg’s
    • JE-Chen
      • PR-6478 - Best practices (needs more text)
    • Scripting and security page
      • PR-4693 has comments that Kevin or Mark could use to revise it further and merge it
  • Mark Waite out of office July 14, 2023 and July 20, 2023
    • Cancel those meetings?
    • If not, who will volunteer to run them?
    • Plan to skip those meetings