[ocaml-infra] Migration plan and bug hunt for ocaml.org - http://preview.ocaml.org

[Ashish Agarwal]

Deployment on Monday sounds okay to me. We'll need to adjust the DNS
settings, which I think Anil has to do.


On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Amir Chaudhry <amc79 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> We're nearly at the end of the bug hunt and only have two blocking issues
> to deal with.  These should be closed soon and we will then be able to
> merge the design into the live site and continue improvements there.
>
> Ashish, Christophe, regarding the deployment phase, I think it would be
> better to do that on Monday rather than the end of this week.  My reasoning
> is that should anything need our attention, we'll be better prepared to
> deal with it on a weekday, rather than encroaching on a weekend.  Does that
> sound ok to you?
>
> As a side note, it's encouraging that people have also been suggesting
> improvements to content during this phase [2].  I hope to see much more
> community activity in that regard over the coming weeks!
>
> [1] https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/issues/184
> [2] https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/issues?labels=content
>
> Best wishes,
> Amir
>
> On 6 Nov 2013, at 10:31, Amir Chaudhry <amc79 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> > Dear caml-list,
> >
> > We're close to releasing the new design of ocaml.org but need help from
> the community to identify and fix bugs before we switch next week.
> >
> > Ashish, Christophe, Philippe and I have been discussing how we should go
> about this and below is the plan for migration.  If you'd like to discuss
> any of this, then the infrastructure list is the best place to do so (cced).
> >
> > 1. We've made a new branch on the main ocaml.org repository [1] with
> the redesign.  This branch is a fork of the main one and we've simply
> cleaned up and replayed our git commits there.
> >
> > 2. We've built a live version of the new site, which is visible at
> http://preview.ocaml.org - this is rebuilt every few minutes from the
> branch mentioned above.
> >
> > 3. Over the course of one week, we ask the community to review the new
> site and report any bugs or problems on the issue tracker [2]. We triage
> those bugs to identify any blockers and work on those first.  This is the
> phase we'll be in from *today*.
> >
> > 4. After one week (7 days), and after blocking bugs have been fixed, we
> merge the site into the main branch.  This would effectively present the
> new site to the world.
> >
> > During the above, we would not be able to accept any new pull requests
> on the old site but would be happy to accept them on the new branch.
>  Hence, restricting the time frame to one week.
> >
> > Please note that the above is only intended to merge the *design* and
> *toolchain* for the new site.  Specifically, we've created new landing
> pages, have new style sheets and have restructured the site's contents as
> well as made some new libraries [3, 4].  The new toolchain means people can
> write files in markdown, which makes contributing content a lot easier.
> >
> > Since the files are on GitHub, people don't even need to clone the site
> locally to make simple edits (or even add new pages). Just click the 'Edit
> this page' link in the footer to be taken to the right file in the
> repository and GitHub's editing and pull request features will allow you to
> make changes and submit updates, all from within your browser [5].
> >
> > There is still work to be done on adding new features but the above
> changes are already a great improvement to the site and are ready to be
> reviewed and merged.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/tree/redesign
> > [2] https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml.org/issues
> > [3] http://pw374.github.io/posts/2013-09-05-22-31-26-about-omd.html
> > [4] http://pw374.github.io/posts/2013-10-03-20-39-07-OPAMaging-MPP.html
> > [5]
> https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-editing-files-in-your-repository
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Amir
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