1425147 - Add Kuma to Janitor

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Setup / Install, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Janet Swisher]

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 [e-mail], who is the maintainer of the projecgt.

Comment 1

[John Whitlock [:jwhitlock]]

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.

Comment 2

[BMO Automation]

MDN Web Docs' bug reporting has now moved to GitHub. From now on, please file content bugs at https://github.com/mdn/sprints/issues/ and platform bugs at https://github.com/mdn/kuma/issues/.