Re: Complete Website Revamp

Hi Arpit!

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 15:52:22 +0530
Arpit Patidar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Debian Team,
> 
> I am Arpit Patidar, the founder and Chief Operating Officer of MarsX
> 
> I have recently switched from Ubuntu to Debian and I love it. Its great. 
> but I noticed that the website look hasn't been updated in ages and it 
> looks pretty much outdated.
> 
> And so, I would like to propose a complete revamp of website where we 
> switch from wml to advanced frontend frameworks like Vue/React.js. coz I 
> think there is literally a huge community of debian and the website now 
> needs an update.
> 
> with the help of community we can update the entire site in 2-3 months. 
> so, I guess we should ask the community about the website revamp.
> 

wml is an SSG:

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https://github.com/shlomif/shlomif-tech-diary/blob/master/static-site-generators--despair.md

I'd recommend switching from it to something faster and less quirky (despite
being a wml upstream maintainer):

https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2019/09/msg00011.html

There is an undergoing hugo branch.

Regarding react.js: I'd prefer to avoid if it means https://www.debian.org/
will require whitelisting client-side scripting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltdown_(security_vulnerability) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(security_vulnerability) .

Regards,

	Shlomi

ff> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Also, if you guys need my help then I would love to help the team out 
> with the frontend.
> 
> Waiting for your response.
> 
> 
> Arpit Patidar
> 
> Founder and Chief Operating Officer of MarsX
> 



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