# Documentation office hours - November 09, 2023

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/documentation-office-hours-november-09-2023/10806>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** meeting, sig-docs\
**Created:** [November 18, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/documentation-office-hours-november-09-2023/10806 "2023-11-18T23:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkEWaite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/markewaite/32/20_2.png) [@MarkEWaite](https://community.jenkins.io/u/MarkEWaite)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/documentation-office-hours-november-09-2023/10806/1 "2023-11-18T23:50:37Z")

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[![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/f/fd492c7748d1eff9a9f2b4f145d7cc44fb335254.jpeg "2023 11 09 Docs Office Hours") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl5mDJBmgos)

## 2023-11-09 (EU/US)

Attendees

- Kevin Martens
- Mark Waite
- Bruno Verachten

Agenda

- [Jenkins 2 + 2 + 2 Java support plan](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2023/11/06/introducing-2-2-2-java-support-plan/)
  - Thanks to Basil Crow for writing this
  - Provides accepted proposal for Java support in Jenkins
  - [ongoing discussion](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jep/pull/400) for next steps & concerns

- GSoC 2024 preparation
  - Kris Stern is leading the GSoC project in 2024
  - Initial documents to organize the event being generated/submitted
  - Collecting ideas and recruiting mentors
  - Willing to consider documentation ideas for 2024 as well
  - Helping with organization
    - Alyssa Tong
    - Bruno Verachten
    - Jean-Marc Meessen

- Contributor spotlight
  - Kris has created the site with an implementation
  - Use [https://contributors.jenkins.io](https://contributors.jenkins.io) similar [https://stories.jenkins.io](https://stories.jenkins.io)
    - Source for stories is at [GitHub - jenkins-infra/stories: A static site for the Jenkins Success Stories](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/stories/tree/main)
    - Source for contributors will be at [GitHub - jenkins-infra/contributor-spotlight: Jenkins Contributor Spotlight feature](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins-contributor-spotlight)

  - Proposing idea to integrate the contributor spotlight into the stories page
    - May redirect one to the other or somehow connect them

  - Currently have ~10 responses
  - Thanks to all the contributors for their collaboration

- [Versioned documentation for Jenkins.io](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2023/09/24/building-jenkinsio-with-alternative-tools/)
  - Vandit and Kris continue to make progress
    - [https://vandit1604.github.io/jenkins-docs/user-docs/2.401.3/installing-jenkins/kubernetes.html](https://vandit1604.github.io/jenkins-docs/user-docs/2.401.3/installing-jenkins/kubernetes.html) is the site

  - Trying to complete work before the holidays in India
  - Wants to bring the site live by end of November
    - Kris is working with Vandit on this goal

- [October Newsletter](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2023/11/10/jenkins-october-newsletter/)
- LTS 2.426.1 will release on November 15 2023
  - Pull request for [changelog & upgrade guide](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/6802)
  - Changelog needs an addition for [Backporting for 2.426.1 - part 2 by MarkEWaite · Pull Request #8686 · jenkinsci/jenkins · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/pull/8686) , assuming backport is approved
    - Updates bundled SnakeYAML API plugin to 2.2-111.x

  - [Release checklist](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/release/issues/464) is in progress

- [Hacktoberfest 2023](https://www.jenkins.io/blog/2023/09/20/Hacktoberfest-2023/)
  - Advocacy data to report:
  - Total number of PR created in jenkinsci and jenkins-infra: 1029 (was 1183 in 2022, -13%)
  - # of Hacktoberfest PRs 415 (was 613 in 2022, -32%)
  - # of Hacktoberfest submitters: 81 (was 117 in 2022, -31%)
  - Validated Hacktoberfest PR: 356 (was 531 in 2022, -33%)
  - Validated submitters: 68 (was 95 in 2022, -28%)
  - The dip in participation was felt across other projects as well, but the spam rate was much much lower than previous years
  - Positive experience for Kris Stern and Mark Waite

- Updatecli discussion
  - [feat(dependencies): Tracks Jenkins' last split/oldest weekly/oldest LTS versions thanks to `updatecli`. by gounthar · Pull Request #6755 · jenkins-infra/jenkins.io · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/6755) - merged
  - [chore(dependencies): Separate LTS and BOM versions `updatecli` manifests by gounthar · Pull Request #6780 · jenkins-infra/jenkins.io · GitHub](https://github.com/jenkins-infra/jenkins.io/pull/6780) - Separate LTS & BOM manifests
    - Creates two separate PRs based on what is being updated