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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">GLEP:</th><td class="field-body">1</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">GLEP Purpose and Guidelines</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.6</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0001.txt">2003/07/17 14:26:18</a></td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">Grant Goodyear <g2boojum at gentoo.org></td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">31-May-2003</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Post-History:</th><td class="field-body">1-Jun-2003, 2-Jul-2003</td>
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<p class="topic-title"><a name="contents">Contents</a></p>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#credits" id="id17" name="id17">Credits</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#what-is-a-glep" id="id18" name="id18">What is a GLEP?</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#kinds-of-gleps" id="id19" name="id19">Kinds of GLEPs</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#glep-work-flow" id="id20" name="id20">GLEP Work Flow</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#what-belongs-in-a-successful-glep" id="id21" name="id21">What belongs in a successful GLEP?</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#glep-formating-and-template" id="id22" name="id22">GLEP Formating and Template</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#glep-header-preamble" id="id23" name="id23">GLEP Header Preamble</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#reporting-glep-bugs-or-submitting-glep-updates" id="id24" name="id24">Reporting GLEP Bugs, or Submitting GLEP Updates</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#transferring-glep-ownership" id="id25" name="id25">Transferring GLEP Ownership</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#references-and-footnotes" id="id26" name="id26">References and Footnotes</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id27" name="id27">Copyright</a></li>
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<div class="section" id="credits">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id17" name="credits">Credits</a></h1>
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<p>The GLEP concept, and, in fact, much of the text of this document,
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is liberally stolen from Python's <a class="footnote-reference" href="#python" id="id1" name="id1">[1]</a> PEPs
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<a class="footnote-reference" href="#peps" id="id2" name="id2">[2]</a>, especially
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PEP-0001 <a class="footnote-reference" href="#pep1" id="id3" name="id3">[3]</a> by Barry A. Warsaw, Jeremy Hylton, and David Goodger.</p>
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<div class="section" id="what-is-a-glep">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id18" name="what-is-a-glep">What is a GLEP?</a></h1>
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<p>GLEP stands for "Gentoo Linux Enhancement Proposal". A GLEP is a design
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document providing information to the Gentoo Linux community, or describing
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a new feature for Gentoo Linux. The GLEP should provide a concise technical
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specification of the feature and rationale for the feature.</p>
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<p>We intend GLEPs to be the primary mechanisms for proposing <em>significant</em> new
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features, for collecting community input on an issue, and for
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documenting the design decisions that have gone into Gentoo Linux. The GLEP
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author is responsible for building consensus within the community and
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documenting dissenting opinions.</p>
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<p>Because the GLEPs are maintained as text files under CVS control, their
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revision history is the historical record of the feature proposal
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<a class="footnote-reference" href="#cvs" id="id4" name="id4">[4]</a>.</p>
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<div class="section" id="kinds-of-gleps">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id19" name="kinds-of-gleps">Kinds of GLEPs</a></h1>
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<p>There are two kinds of GLEPs. A Standards Track GLEP describes a new feature
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or implementation for Gentoo Linux. An Informational GLEP describes provides
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general guidelines or information to the Gentoo Linux community, but does not
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propose a new feature. Informational GLEPs do not necessarily represent a
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Gentoo Linux community consensus or recommendation, so users and implementors
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are free to ignore Informational GLEPs or follow their advice.</p>
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<div class="section" id="glep-work-flow">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id20" name="glep-work-flow">GLEP Work Flow</a></h1>
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<p>The GLEP editors assign GLEP numbers and change their status. The current
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GLEP editors are Grant Goodyear and Alastair Tse. Please send all
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GLEP-related email to <<a class="reference" href="mailto:glep@gentoo.org">glep@gentoo.org</a>>.</p>
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<p>The GLEP process begins with a new idea for Gentoo Linux. It is highly
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recommended that a single GLEP contain a single key proposal or new idea. The
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more focussed the GLEP, the more successful it tends to be. The GLEP editors
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reserve the right to reject GLEP proposals if they appear too unfocussed or
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too broad. If in doubt, split your GLEP into several well-focussed ones.</p>
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<p>Each GLEP must have a champion -- someone who writes the GLEP using the style
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and format described below, shepherds the discussions in the appropriate
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forums, and attempts to build community consensus around the idea. The GLEP
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champion (a.k.a. Author) should first attempt to ascertain whether the idea is
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GLEP-able. Small enhancements or patches often don't need a GLEP and can be
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injected into the Gentoo Linux development work flow with an enhancement "bug"
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submitted to the Gentoo Linux bugzilla <a class="footnote-reference" href="#bugs" id="id5" name="id5">[6]</a>.</p>
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<p>The GLEP champion then emails the GLEP editors <<a class="reference" href="mailto:glep@gentoo.org">glep@gentoo.org</a>> with a
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proposed title and a rough, but fleshed out, draft of the GLEP. This draft
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must be written in GLEP style as described below.</p>
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<p>If the GLEP editor approves, he will assign the GLEP a number, label it
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as Standards Track (a better name would be nice here -- suggestions?)
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or Informational, give it status "Draft", and
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create and check-in the initial draft of the GLEP. The GLEP editors will
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not unreasonably deny a GLEP. Reasons for denying GLEP status include
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duplication of effort, being technically unsound, not providing proper
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motivation or addressing backwards compatibility, or not in keeping
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with Gentoo Linux philosophy.</p>
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<p>If a pre-GLEP is rejected, the author may elect to take the pre-GLEP to the
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<a class="reference" href="mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org">gentoo-dev@gentoo.org</a> mailing list to help flesh it out, gain feedback and
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consensus from the community at large, and improve the GLEP for re-submission.</p>
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<p>The author of the GLEP is then responsible for posting the GLEP to the
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gentoo-dev mailing list and to the Gentoo Linux forums <a class="footnote-reference" href="#forums" id="id6" name="id6">[7]</a>, and
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marshaling community support for it. As updates are necessary, the GLEP
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author can check in new versions if they have CVS commit permissions, or can
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email new GLEP versions to the GLEP editors for committing.</p>
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<p>Standards Track GLEPs consist of two parts, a design document and a reference
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implementation. The GLEP should be reviewed and accepted before a reference
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implementation is begun, unless a reference implementation will aid people in
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studying the GLEP. Standards Track GLEPs must include an implementation -- in
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the form of code, patch, or URL to same -- before it can be considered Final.</p>
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<p>GLEP authors are responsible for collecting community feedback on a GLEP
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before submitting it for review. A GLEP that has not been discussed on
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<a class="reference" href="mailto:gentoo-dev@gentoo.org">gentoo-dev@gentoo.org</a> and/or the Gentoo Linux forums <a class="footnote-reference" href="#forums" id="id7" name="id7">[7]</a> will not be
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accepted. However, wherever possible, long open-ended discussions on public
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mailing lists should be avoided. Strategies to keep the discussions efficient
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include setting up a specific forums thread for the topic, having the GLEP
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author accept private comments in the early design phases, etc. GLEP authors
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should use their discretion here.</p>
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<p>Once the authors have completed a GLEP, they must inform the GLEP editors that
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it is ready for review. GLEPs are reviewed by the appropriate Gentoo
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Manager <a class="footnote-reference" href="#manager" id="id8" name="id8">[8]</a>, who may accept or reject a GLEP outright, or
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send it back to the author(s) for revision. For a GLEP that is pre-determined
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to be acceptable (e.g., it is an obvious win as-is and/or its implementation
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has already been checked in) the appropriate Gentoo Manager <a class="footnote-reference" href="#manager" id="id9" name="id9">[8]</a>
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may also initiate a GLEP review, first notifying the GLEP author(s) and giving
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them a chance to make revisions.</p>
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<p>For a GLEP to be accepted it must meet certain minimum criteria. It must be a
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clear and complete description of the proposed enhancement. The enhancement
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must represent a net improvement. The proposed implementation, if applicable,
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must be solid and must not complicate the distribution unduly. Finally, a
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proposed enhancement must satisfy the philosophy of Gentoo Linux.</p>
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<p>Once a GLEP has been accepted, the reference implementation must be completed.
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When the reference implementation is complete and accepted, the status will be
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changed to "Final".</p>
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<p>A GLEP can also be assigned status "Deferred". The GLEP author or editor can
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assign the GLEP this status when no progress is being made on the GLEP. Once
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a GLEP is deferred, the GLEP editor can re-assign it to draft status.</p>
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<p>A GLEP can also be "Rejected". Perhaps after all is said and done it was not
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a good idea. It is still important to have a record of this fact.</p>
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<p>GLEPs can also be replaced by a different GLEP, rendering the original
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obsolete (where version 2 of a policy, for example, might replace version 1).</p>
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<p>GLEP work flow is as follows:</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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Draft -> Accepted -> Final -> Replaced
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^
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+----> Rejected
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v
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Deferred
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<p>Some Informational GLEPs may also have a status of "Active" if they are never
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meant to be completed. E.g. GLEP 1 (this GLEP).</p>
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<div class="section" id="what-belongs-in-a-successful-glep">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id21" name="what-belongs-in-a-successful-glep">What belongs in a successful GLEP?</a></h1>
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<p>Each GLEP should have the following parts:</p>
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<ol class="arabic">
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<li><p class="first">Preamble -- <a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html">RFC 822</a> style headers containing meta-data about the
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GLEP, including the GLEP number, a short descriptive title (limited
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to a maximum of 44 characters), the names, and optionally the
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contact info for each author, etc.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Abstract -- a short (~200 word) description of the technical issue
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being addressed.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Motivation -- The motivation is critical for GLEPs that want to
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modify Gentoo Linux functionality. It should clearly explain why the
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existing functionality or policy is inadequate to address the problem that
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the GLEP solves. GLEP submissions without sufficient motivation may be
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rejected outright.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Specification -- The technical specification should describe the
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specific areas of Gentoo Linux that would be touched by this GLEP. If new
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functionality is being introduced, what packages will that functionality
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affect? If new policy, who will be affected?</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Rationale -- The rationale fleshes out the specification by
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describing what motivated the design and why particular design decisions
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were made. It should describe alternate designs that were considered and
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related work, e.g. how the feature is supported in other distributions.</p>
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<p>The rationale should provide evidence of consensus within the community and
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discuss important objections or concerns raised during discussion.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Backwards Compatibility -- All GLEPs
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must include a section describing any issues of backwards incompatibilities
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and their severity. The GLEP must explain how the author proposes to deal
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with these incompatibilities. (Even if there are none, this section should
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be included to clearly state that fact.) GLEP submissions without a
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sufficient backwards compatibility treatise may be rejected outright.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Reference Implementation -- The reference implementation must be
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completed before any GLEP is given status "Final", but it need not be
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completed before the GLEP is accepted. It is better to finish the
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specification and rationale first and reach consensus on it before writing
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code or significantly modifying ebuilds.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p class="first">Copyright/public domain -- Each GLEP must either be explicitly
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labelled as placed in the public domain (see this GLEP as an example) or
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licensed under the Open Publication License [#OPL].</p>
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</li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id22" name="glep-formating-and-template">GLEP Formating and Template</a></h1>
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<p>GLEPs are written either in Gentoo Linux Guide-XML <a class="footnote-reference" href="#guidexml" id="id10" name="id10">[11]</a> or in
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a just-barely-marked-up version of plain ASCII text
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called ReStructuredText <a class="footnote-reference" href="#resthome" id="id11" name="id11">[10]</a> that is then converted to HTML using
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Docutils <a class="footnote-reference" href="#docutils" id="id12" name="id12">[12]</a>. Using ReStructuredText GLEPs allows for rich markup
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that is still quite easy to read, but results in much better-looking and more
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functional HTML. Moreover, it should be straightforward to convert GLEPs to
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Gentoo Linux guide xml <a class="footnote-reference" href="#guidexml" id="id13" name="id13">[11]</a> if needed. GLEP 2 contains a boilerplate
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template <a class="footnote-reference" href="#rest" id="id14" name="id14">[5]</a> for use with ReStructuredText GLEPs.</p>
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<div class="section" id="glep-header-preamble">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" name="glep-header-preamble">GLEP Header Preamble</a></h1>
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<p>Each GLEP must begin with an <a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html">RFC 2822</a> style header preamble. The headers
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must appear in the following order. Headers marked with "*" are
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optional and are described below. All other headers are required.</p>
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<pre class="literal-block">
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GLEP: <glep number>
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Title: <glep title>
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Version: <cvs version string>
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Last-Modified: <cvs date string>
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Author: <list of authors' real names and optionally, email addrs>
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* Discussions-To: <email address>
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Status: <Draft | Active | Accepted | Deferred | Rejected |
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Final | Replaced>
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Type: <Informational | Standards Track>
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* Content-Type: <text/plain | text/x-rst>
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* Requires: <glep numbers>
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Created: <date created on, in dd-mmm-yyyy format>
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Post-History: <dates of postings to gentoo-dev>
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* Replaces: <glep number>
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* Replaced-By: <glep number>
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</pre>
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<p>The Author header lists the names, and optionally the email addresses
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of all the authors/owners of the GLEP. The format of the Author header
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value must be</p>
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<blockquote>
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Random J. User <<a class="reference" href="mailto:address@dom.ain">address@dom.ain</a>></blockquote>
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<p>if the email address is included, and just</p>
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<blockquote>
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Random J. User</blockquote>
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<p>if the address is not given.</p>
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<p>If there are multiple authors, each should be on a separate line
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following <a class="reference" href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html">RFC 2822</a> continuation line conventions. Note that personal
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email addresses in GLEPs will be obscured as a defense against spam
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harvesters.</p>
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<p>While a GLEP is in private discussions (usually during the initial Draft
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phase), a Discussions-To header will indicate the mailing list or URL where
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the GLEP is being discussed. No Discussions-To header is necessary if the
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GLEP is being discussed privately with the author, or on the gentoo-dev
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mailing list. Note that email addresses in the Discussions-To header will not
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be obscured.</p>
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<p>The Type header specifies the type of GLEP: Informational or Standards
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Track.</p>
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<p>The format of a GLEP is specified with a Content-Type header, which
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should read "text/xml" for Gentoo Guide XML or
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"text/x-rst" for ReStructuredText GLEPs (see GLEP 2
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<a class="footnote-reference" href="#rest" id="id15" name="id15">[5]</a>).</p>
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<p>The Created header records the date that the GLEP was assigned a number, while
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Post-History is used to record the dates of when new versions of the GLEP are
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posted to gentoo-dev. Both headers should be in dd-mmm-yyyy format, e.g.
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14-Aug-2001.</p>
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<p>GLEPs may have a Requires header, indicating the GLEP numbers that this GLEP
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depends on.</p>
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<p>GLEPs may also have a Replaced-By header indicating that a GLEP has been
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rendered obsolete by a later document; the value is the number of the GLEP
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that replaces the current document. The newer GLEP must have a Replaces
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header containing the number of the GLEP that it rendered obsolete.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="reporting-glep-bugs-or-submitting-glep-updates">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id24" name="reporting-glep-bugs-or-submitting-glep-updates">Reporting GLEP Bugs, or Submitting GLEP Updates</a></h1>
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<p>How you report a bug, or submit a GLEP update depends on several factors, such
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as the maturity of the GLEP, the preferences of the GLEP author, and the
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nature of your comments. For the early draft stages of the GLEP, it's
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probably best to send your comments and changes directly to the GLEP author.
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For more mature, or finished GLEPs you may want to submit corrections to the
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Gentoo Linux bugzilla <a class="footnote-reference" href="#bugs" id="id16" name="id16">[6]</a> so that your changes don't get lost. If the GLEP
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author is a Gentoo Linux developer, assign the bug/patch to him, otherwise
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assign it to the GLEP editors.</p>
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<p>When in doubt about where to send your changes, please check first with the
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GLEP author and/or GLEP editors.</p>
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<p>GLEP authors who are also Gentoo Linux developers can update the GLEPs
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themselves by using "cvs commit" to commit their changes.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section" id="transferring-glep-ownership">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id25" name="transferring-glep-ownership">Transferring GLEP Ownership</a></h1>
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<p>It occasionally becomes necessary to transfer ownership of GLEPs to a new
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champion. In general, we'd like to retain the original author as a co-author
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of the transferred GLEP, but that's really up to the original author. A good
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reason to transfer ownership is because the original author no longer has the
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time or interest in updating it or following through with the GLEP process, or
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has fallen off the face of the 'net (i.e. is unreachable or not responding to
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email). A bad reason to transfer ownership is because you don't agree with
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the direction of the GLEP. We try to build consensus around a GLEP, but if
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that's not possible, you can always submit a competing GLEP.</p>
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<p>If you are interested in assuming ownership of a GLEP, send a message asking
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to take over, addressed to both the original author and the GLEP editors
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<<a class="reference" href="mailto:glep@gentoo.org">glep@gentoo.org</a>>. If the original author doesn't respond to email in a
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timely manner, the GLEP editors will make a unilateral decision (it's not like
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such decisions can't be reversed :).</p>
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<div class="section" id="references-and-footnotes">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" name="references-and-footnotes">References and Footnotes</a></h1>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="python" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id1" name="python">[1]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org">http://www.python.org</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="peps" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id2" name="peps">[2]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/peps">http://www.python.org/peps</a></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="pep1" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id3" name="pep1">[3]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0001.html">http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0001.html</a></td></tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="cvs" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id4" name="cvs">[4]</a></td><td>This historical record is available by the normal CVS commands
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for retrieving older revisions. For those without direct access to the CVS
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tree, you can browse the current and past GLEP revisions via the Gentoo
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Linux viewcvs web site at
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<a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/">http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/</a></td></tr>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="rest" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="rest">[5]</a></td><td><em>(<a class="fn-backref" href="#id14">1</a>, <a class="fn-backref" href="#id15">2</a>)</em> GLEP 2, Sample ReStructuredText GLEP Template,
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(<a class="reference" href="http://glep.gentoo.org/glep-0002.html">http://glep.gentoo.org/glep-0002.html</a>)</td></tr>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="bugs" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="bugs">[6]</a></td><td><em>(<a class="fn-backref" href="#id5">1</a>, <a class="fn-backref" href="#id16">2</a>)</em> <a class="reference" href="http://bugs.gentoo.org">http://bugs.gentoo.org</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="forums" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="forums">[7]</a></td><td><em>(<a class="fn-backref" href="#id6">1</a>, <a class="fn-backref" href="#id7">2</a>)</em> <a class="reference" href="http://forums.gentoo.org">http://forums.gentoo.org</a></td></tr>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="manager" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="manager">[8]</a></td><td><em>(<a class="fn-backref" href="#id8">1</a>, <a class="fn-backref" href="#id9">2</a>)</em> <a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/management-structure.xml">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/management-structure.xml</a></td></tr>
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</table>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="opl" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="opl">[9]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/">http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</a></td></tr>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="resthome" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id11" name="resthome">[10]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html</a></td></tr>
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<table class="footnote" frame="void" id="guidexml" rules="none">
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<colgroup><col class="label" /><col /></colgroup>
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr><td class="label"><a name="guidexml">[11]</a></td><td><em>(<a class="fn-backref" href="#id10">1</a>, <a class="fn-backref" href="#id13">2</a>)</em> <a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xml-guide.xml">http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xml-guide.xml</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="label"><a class="fn-backref" href="#id12" name="docutils">[12]</a></td><td><a class="reference" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/">http://docutils.sourceforge.net/</a></td></tr>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1>
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