Re: [dpdk-web] update of "Contribute" page

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

Ping,
The changes below are waiting to be applied on the web site.
Thanks in advance for closing this item.


11/08/2019 00:29, Thomas Monjalon:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm reviewing the web page and see some inconsistencies with what
> was written in this email thread, and I think about few improvements.
> 
> Please check comments from John below about "Incoming", "opened"
> and "information" words, thanks.
> 
> About the section listing the services, I was expecting a section title,
> like "Online Tools".
> I think you can replace "Email archives" with just "Emails".
> And instead of writing the URLs, it would be simpler to just keep the
> name of the service (Code, Repositories, Patches, Emails, Bugs)
> as the link itself. If you think of a better layout for this list,
> like buttons on a row, feel free.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 07/08/2019 18:11, Jill Lovato:
> > Yes, we'll get these updates in.
> > 
> > Thanks so much!
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 9:07 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > 07/08/2019 17:50, Mcnamara, John:
> > > > > The collaboration is based on git and emails. Coming patches are
> > > listed in
> > > > > patchwork. Bugs are open in bugzilla. The Technical Board may
> > > intermediate
> > > > > in the development process, as described in the Technical Board
> > > operation.
> > > >
> > > > Some minor proposed changes to this section as follows:
> > > >
> > > > The collaboration is based on git and emails. Incoming patches are
> > > listed in
> > > > patchwork. Bugs are opened in bugzilla. The Technical Board may
> > > intermediate
> > > > in the development process, as described in the Technical Board
> > > operation.
> > > >
> > > > > The main project has specific informations for contributors.
> > > > > Other projects have their own documentation.
> > > >
> > > > The singular "information" would be better here.
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise +1.
> > >
> > > OK, thanks for the review John.
> > >
> > > Trishan, Jill, I think you can proceed with the above suggestions.
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: web [mailto:web-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 4:05 PM
> > > > > To: web@dpdk.org
> > > > > Cc: Jill Lovato <jlovato@linuxfoundation.org>;
> > > > > tdelanerolle@linuxfoundation.org
> > > > > Subject: [dpdk-web] update of "Contribute" page
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to propose an update of this page:
> > > > >     https://www.dpdk.org/contribute/
> > > > > It is supposed to be a welcome page for contributors of any DPDK
> > > project,
> > > > > not only the core one. So we can remove some redundancy with the page
> > > > > about contributing to DPDK Core.
> > > > > One more change: we have a new code.dpdk.org service to advertise.
> > > > >
> > > > > We can keep this introduction:
> > > > > "
> > > > > DPDK is an open source project, with the main code BSD licensed and
> > > Linux
> > > > > kernel related parts are naturally licensed under the GPL. We welcome
> > > and
> > > > > encourage anyone who is interested to contribute and participate in the
> > > > > project.
> > > > > "
> > > > > The second part of the introduction requires some changes:
> > > > > "
> > > > > The collaboration is based on git and emails. Coming patches are
> > > listed in
> > > > > patchwork. Bugs are open in bugzilla. The Technical Board may
> > > intermediate
> > > > > in the development process, as described in the Technical Board
> > > operation.
> > > > > "
> > > > > The link on "git" must be changed to http://git.dpdk.org so that it
> > > covers
> > > > > all repositories.
> > > > > The link on "emails" must be to the following section listing all
> > > mailing-
> > > > > lists.
> > > > > The link on "patchwork" must cover any possible new project:
> > > > > https://patches.dpdk.org The sentence about the roadmap is removed
> > > because
> > > > > specific to Core.
> > > > > The link on "bugzilla" must cover all projects: https://bugs.dpdk.org
> > > > >
> > > > > We should add a sentence to link to the "Contribute" page of the Core
> > > > > project:
> > > > > "
> > > > > The main project has specific informations for contributors.
> > > > > Other projects have their own documentation.
> > > > > "
> > > > > with "informations for contributors" being a link to
> > > > > https://core.dpdk.org/contribute and "documentation" being a link to
> > > > > https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/
> > > > >
> > > > > The next section "Get the Code" can be replaced by a list of links to
> > > > > services available to the contributors:
> > > > >     - Code - code.dpdk.org
> > > > >     - Repositories - git.dpdk.org
> > > > >     - Patches - patches.dpdk.org
> > > > >     - Email archives - inbox.dpdk.org
> > > > >     - Bugs - bugs.dpdk.org
> > > > >
> > > > > The section "Mailing Lists" should stay as is.
> > > > >
> > > > > The section "Ways to Contribute" is an old copy of the Core project,
> > > so it
> > > > > should be completely removed from this general page.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any comment?