[pve-devel] [PATCH docs v1] package repos: revise Ceph section, introduce 2 attributes

[Aaron Lauterer]

On  2025-03-25  12:19, Alexander Zeidler wrote:
> On Mon Mar 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM CET, Aaron Lauterer wrote:
>>
>>
>> On  2025-02-10  11:36, Alexander Zeidler wrote:
>>> * Remove duplicated text to maintain clarity
>>> * Mention available installation methods (web-based wizard, CLI tool)
>>> * Create a table to see the support state of Ceph releases
>>
>> I am not sure if having this in the rather static documentation is a
>> good idea. Having it in the Proxmox VE wiki where changes can be made
>> quickly is probably better. Similar how we handle it for PVE releases
>> with https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/FAQ
> 
> https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/FAQ is not meant for manual modification.
> It is auto-generated from pve-faq.adoc and also included in the doc:
> https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#faq-support-table
> 
> I am not sure if quick edits are needed here. While the estimated EOL
> should not change, the other table content and admin guide version
> may/should be updated anyway with new PVE/Ceph releases.

Good point, I stand corrected ;)

> 
>>
>>> * List and link to the EOL dates of Ceph releases
>>> * Reword the descriptions of available PVE repositories
>>>
>>> * Add two new attributes to avoid manual editing multiple lines
>>> ** debian-codename=bookworm
>>>      It seems that the codename is not available in the build process,
>>>      so updating the new attribute on Debian major release upgrades may
>>>      be fine.
>>> ** pve-version=8
>>>      While `revnumber` ("8.3.1") is made available by the current build
>>>      process, it is not as suitable as only mentioning the major version
>>>      number.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Zeidler <a.zeidler at proxmox.com>
>>> ---
>>>    asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf |   2 +
>>>    pve-package-repos.adoc     | 165 ++++++++++++++-----------------------
>>>    2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf b/asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf
>>> index 0c28298..8ad635f 100644
>>> --- a/asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf
>>> +++ b/asciidoc/asciidoc-pve.conf
>>> @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
>>>    proxmoxGmbh=Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
>>>    copyright=Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH
>>>    pve=Proxmox VE
>>> +pve-version=8
>>> +debian-codename=bookworm
>>>    pricing-url=https://proxmox.com/en/proxmox-virtual-environment/pricing
>>>    website=https://www.proxmox.com/
>>>    forum-url=https://forum.proxmox.com/
>>> diff --git a/pve-package-repos.adoc b/pve-package-repos.adoc
>>> index c831cd9..e0a9fb5 100644
>>> --- a/pve-package-repos.adoc
>>> +++ b/pve-package-repos.adoc
>>> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ security updates, bug fixes and new features.
>>>    APT Repositories are defined in the file `/etc/apt/sources.list` and in `.list`
>>>    files placed in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`.
>>>    
>>> +[[repository_management]]
>>>    Repository Management
>>>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> Since we already have the auto-generated "_repository_management"
>> anchor, I would keep it, but manually define it here. This way we do not
>> break any existing references to this part of the admin guide.
> 
> In this case adding "_repository_management" seems fine to me, although
> our forum shows only 2 results for it.

I would not take the forum as a benchmark. Once we have an anchor for a 
deep link, we should preserve it if possible to not break any deep links 
that we are not aware of. Nothing worse than links not working anymore 
as expected.