Re: [DRAFT] What the new Status Pages potentially look like

["John D. Ament" <jo...@gmail.com>]

Pierre,

If this would go anywhere, dev@whimsical would be the best place.  I've
changed the To/Bcc.

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:20 PM Pierre Smits <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> HI John,
>
> Thank you for undertaking the effort to make the admin activities for
> incubating project a bit easier.
>
> I have looked at the proposed solution and have some observations (as part
> of the Trafodion PPMC) to share:
>
>    - Adding new mentors should be as easy as adding new PPMC members
>

Yes, within the notion of permissions.  E.g. the IPMC can add mentors, not
PPMCs.


>    - I see functionality in place to add new PPMC members, but didn't see
>    the functionality to add new committers (maybe it is a documentation
>    issue?).
>

Agreed, its awkward.  When you click on new and search for a name, it
prompts you to add as PPMC or committer.


>    - I would rename 'Reporting Schedule' to 'Reporting'
>    - I would label the reporting schedule with 'Schedule'
>

I feel like these two contradict.


>    - I would bring the link to the previous reports below the earlier
>    renamed (sub) header
>    - I would add a (sub) header 'Releases' and add functionality to add a
>    release (simple web form with 2 fields: 1 for name of the release, 1 for
>    the date of the release) that would feed in new reports
>

Podling releases are already recorded in reporter.  We were thinking about
pulling that data in.


>    - The 'PodlingNameSearch' clickable/function should open (render in) a
>    new window,
>    - The project's website clickable/function  should open (render in) a
>    new window.
>

Sure.


>    - I fear to test-drive the functionality behind the 'Draft graduation
>    resolution' even though our project is on the brink of starting the
>    graduation process. I need some explanation in order to get a feel of
> what
>    to expect...
>

It only prompts you with some display data, it does not submit the
resolution.


>    - I would like to see a 'Generate Report' functionality in place
>    (similar to that functionality available to graduated projects) that
> will
>    help me with some of the standard fill-outs (numbers of ML subscribers,
> ML
>    postings, Issues, Commits) as this is cumbersome atm.
>

We don't like that data specifically because its generated.


>
> I also looked at https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/
> trunk/content/podlings/trafodion.yml
> <https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/podlings/trafodion.yml>
> for the Trafodion project. Nothing
> much in there, correct? Some elements will be augmented as a result of
> INFRA deliverables, correct?
>


No... not sure what INFRA has to do with this.  I'm not planning for a
heavy migration.


>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Pierre Smits
>
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> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 3:02 AM, John D. Ament <jo...@apache.org>
> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > We're piloting a new format for the podling status pages.  Specifically,
> > the current status page leaves a lot to be desired - it's basically
> crafted
> > html, there's no structure and its hard to find missing items.  The end
> > goal is to have a web form editable in Whimsy, but until we get more
> input
> > on what the content looks like I don't want to make changes like that.
> I'm
> > asking at this point for podlings to take a look at the status output,
> > potentially update their own content, and see if they like the output.
> >
> > If you navigate to https://whimsy.apache.org/roster/ppmc/
> (authentication
> > is via your ASF committer username/password) and find your podling,
> you'll
> > see your current roster as well as your current status information.
> >
> > The status pages can be found in SVN at this directory
> >
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/podlings/
> >
> > Some more information can be found at
> > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9504139b5ee9880fdb278f86757803
> > c711fbc962e1934ef2c01a8ed0@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
> >
> > If you're not sure what to fill out, feel free to reach out.
> >
> > John
> >
>