[Gluster-users] New Gluster Website

[Soumya Deb]

On 5 May 2015, at 04:24, Justin Clift <justin at gluster.org> wrote:
> On 4 May 2015, at 12:52, Soumya Deb <deb at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Gluster 3.7 release is nearing & I was really expecting to have a brand new
> > website to look forward to with the new release (along with the new docs).
> > 
> > Last discussion we had, was inconclusive on the mailing list. I had a
> > chance to catch up with DV, tigert, Vijay & Sankarshan. It was still
> > inconclusive, but a consensus was made, that whichever effort comes out to
> > be more complete, we'll go with that.
> > 
> > Right now we have: http://code.debs.io/glusterweb/ &
> > http://glusternew-tigert.rhcloud.com/
> > 
> > Apart from the contents, presentation & the simplicity of UX, here's a
> > benchmark on technicalities:
> > http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150504_WY_GSW/
> > http://www.webpagetest.org/result/150504_53_GVQ/
> > 
> > IMO, http://code.debs.io/glusterweb/ is more ready (but I made it, so of
> > course I'm biased; but isn't it?)
> > Was given feedback to change "blog" to "planet" & add the old gluster ant
> > logo; open for more suggestions.
> > 
> > So, I needed to ask & understand, which website are we going ahead with,
> > and why?
> > 
> > [Fine Print: if having a maintainer is a blocker & no one else is up to it,
> > I can totally put on that hat]
> > [Finer Print: if you're unsure whether I can manage this static site - I
> > actively manage 10+ live staging+production servers, 20+ VMs & 50+ PaaS
> > instances (300+ sites & subdomains); some of them running half a dozen
> > runtimes, simultaneously (for frugality), with zero reported or recorded
> > incidents for 3+ years].

> Muaaa Haaaa Haaaa.  You're likely to be our new official "keeper of
> the website infrastructure" then. :D

Oh boy... let me put on a t-shirt with collar! xD


> For the "which one do we go with...?" question.  I'll leave that to
> you guys to figure out. ;)

Yeah, and asap please. We must have a decision by next yesterday. :-/

Deb