Add Kuma to Janitor

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Status

Product:
developer.mozilla.org
Component:
Setup / Install
Type:
enhancement
Importance:
P5
normal
Opened:
2 years ago
Updated:
2 years ago

People

(Reporter: jswisher, Unassigned)

Tracking

({in-triage})

Details

(Whiteboard: [specification][type:feature][points:6+][lod:4+][patchwelcome]) 

What problem would this feature solve?
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Setting up a Kuma build environment, while easier than in the past, is stil non-trivial and requires a lot of resources. This a large hurdle for potential contributors, especially if they do not have access to a development-class computer.

Who has this problem?
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Core contributors to MDN

How do you know that the users identified above have this problem?
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Anecdotal evidence from staff and volunteer developers.

How are the users identified above solving this problem now?
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Following this 12?-step procedure: https://kuma.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html


Do you have any suggestions for solving the problem? Please explain in detail.
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https://janitor.technology/ provides cloud-based development environments for open source projects, as well as support for typical operations, so users don't have to spend lots of time reading project-specific docs.

Is there anything else we should know?
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Contact jan@mozilla.com, who is the maintainer of the projecgt.
Keywords: in-triage
Priority: -- → P5
This is cross-filed at:

https://github.com/JanitorTechnology/janitor/issues/24#issuecomment-306900988

I haven't used Janitor, but it sounds promising for many users (older equipment, Windows, low-bandwidth).

One potential issue is that Kuma uses multiple docker containers for development, and Janitor uses Cloud9 instead. jgmize is proposing a Kubernetes implementation that would help:

https://github.com/mozmeao/infra/issues/29

I believe this would be a large effort for staff, and it would need to be a quarterly deliverable to make it happen, so it will be a while. This would be a great community project, and would help many MDN contributors.
Whiteboard: [specification][type:feature] → [specification][type:feature][points:6+][lod:4+][patchwelcome]
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