[jira] [Created] (MESOS-744) Possibly move /docs/ folder out of Mesos core, into separate repo

["Dave Lester (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Dave Lester created MESOS-744:
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             Summary: Possibly move /docs/ folder out of Mesos core, into separate repo
                 Key: MESOS-744
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-744
             Project: Mesos
          Issue Type: Documentation
            Reporter: Dave Lester
            Assignee: Dave Lester
            Priority: Minor


I'd like to propose moving the /docs/ folder out of the Mesos core, and into a separate repo on github. This is a good idea for a few reasons, including:

1) We could easily share the repo between Mesos git repository (/docs/ would included as a submodule), as well imported into the Mesos website. Currently, docs files are not used in the Mesos website, so we have to send users to github to view rendered markdown. Breaking it into a separate repo would would make it simple for us to render the docs at mesos.apache.org
2) It would be significantly easier for community members to contribute. A simple pull request could make minor changes. In fact, a number of these changes have already been made to the documentation (https://github.com/apache/mesos/pulls), but we have no current way to process them. Right now our process requires the same level of complexity and creating unique Apache accounts if they want to make simple updates to the documentation.
3) It could provide an opportunity for community ownership of the docs, which at this point have tended to be an afterthought of core developers.

The only main disadvantage that I see in this approach would be maintaining an additional repository and possible coordination in releases, however I see this as relatively minor. The specifics of how this affects tagging could be discussed further, I don't feel strongly about it.



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