[all][tc] PDF Community Goal Update

Alexandra Settle a.settle at outlook.com
Mon Sep 2 10:41:54 UTC 2019


On Mon, 2019-09-02 at 16:07 +0900, Akihiro Motoki wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 1:12 PM Thomas Bechtold <tbechtold at suse.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On 8/27/19 7:58 AM, Akihiro Motoki wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > How to get started
> > > ------------------
> > > 
> > > - "How to get started" section in the PDF goal etherpad [1]
> > > explains
> > > the minimum steps.
> > >    You can find useful examples there too.
> > 
> > This is a bit confusing because the goal[1] mentions that there
> > should
> > be no extra tox target declared for the gate job.
> > But the etherpad explains that there should be a new tox target[2].
> > 
> > So do we need a new tox target in the project repo? Or is that
> > optional
> > and just for local testing?
> 
> The new tox target in the project repo is required now.
> The PDF doc will be generated only when the "pdf-docs" tox target
> does exists.
> 
> When the goal is defined the docs team thought the doc gate job can
> handle the PDF build
> without extra tox env and zuul job configuration. However, during
> implementing the zuul job support
> it turns out at least a new tox env or an extra zuul job
> configuration
> is required in each project
> to make the docs job fail when PDF build failure is detected. As a
> result, we changes the approach
> and the new tox target is now required in each project repo.
> 
> Perhaps we need to update the description of the goal definition
> document.

This is something I can propose. I will update here when I have
updated.

Thanks,

Alex

> 
> Thanks,
> Akihiro
> 
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
> > [1]
> > https://governance.openstack.org/tc/goals/selected/train/pdf-doc-ge
> > neration.html#completion-criteria
> > [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/train-pdf-support-goal
> > 
> > > - To build PDF docs locally, you need to install LaTex related
> > > packages. See "To test locally" in the etherpad [1].
> > > - If you hit problems during PDF build, check the common problems
> > > etherpad [2]. We are collecting knowledges there.
> > > - If you have questions, feel free to ask #openstack-doc IRC
> > > channel.
> > > 
> > > Also Please sign up your name to "Project volunteers" in [1].
> > > 
> > > Useful links
> > > ------------
> > > 
> > > [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/train-pdf-support-goal
> > > [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/pdf-goal-train-common-proble
> > > ms
> > > [3] Ongoing reviews:
> > > https://review.opendev.org/#/q/topic:build-pdf-docs+(status:open+
> > > OR+status:merged)
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Akihiro Motoki (amotoki)
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
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Alexandra Settle <a.settle at outlook.com>
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