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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">GLEP:</th><td class="field-body">15</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Title:</th><td class="field-body">Gentoo Script Repository</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Version:</th><td class="field-body">1.4</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Last-Modified:</th><td class="field-body"><a class="reference" href="http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/proj/en/glep/glep-0015.txt?cvsroot=gentoo">2004/10/25 16:59:16</a></td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">James Harlow &lt;hythloday&#32;&#97;t&#32;gentoo.org&gt;,</td>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id2" name="id2">Abstract</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#status-update" id="id3" name="id3">Status Update</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id4" name="id4">Motivation</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id5" name="id5">Specification</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id6" name="id6">Rationale</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id7" name="id7">Backwards Compatibility</a></li>
<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id8" name="id8">Copyright</a></li>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" id="abstract" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
<p>There is currently no central repository for scripts that are useful
in administering a Gentoo system. This GLEP proposes a way to deal
with this issue.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" id="status-update" name="status-update">Status Update</a></h1>
<p>Expect the first alpha release by the end of November or so.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" id="motivation" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1>
<p>There are many small tasks on a Gentoo system that can be made much
easier and fault-proof by scripting. However, not everyone has the
experience to write such scripts; those that do have the choice of
tracking down scripts on developer's webpages or with a search engine,
or writing them themselves, often duplicating effort that has been
already done by other people.</p>
<p>A better solution would be to have a repository of these scripts on
www.gentoo.org.</p>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="specification" name="specification">Specification</a></h1>
<p>A <a class="reference" href="mailto:scripts&#64;gentoo.org">scripts&#64;gentoo.org</a> email alias would be setup and forwarded to the team that
will accept and publish these scripts to the website. The team will need
access to a portion of the website, but just enough to add the scripts, and
update links from the main &quot;scripts&quot; page. I would  propose it be a
subproject of the tools or base top level project. The scripts team would
need commit access to gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/[base|tools]/scripts/.It
shouldn't increase the load on gentoo.org significantly.</p>
<p>The scripts should be divided by type of task, for example sysadmin,
gentooadmin, misc, and internally well-commented. If there are enough then
it might be appropriate to have a search interface.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" id="rationale" name="rationale">Rationale</a></h1>
<p>A repository on gentoo.org would address the problem of not having a
central point where all the scripts reside; and as gentoo.org is
trusted by most gentoo users, it would also solve the problem of
running scripts without knowing their exact effect. Further trust
could be generated by having developers sign their scripts and
uploading the signatures in parallel.</p>
<p>Periodically, a snapshot could be taken of the repository, the scripts
QA'd, and a package made and distributed.</p>
<p>Having a well-publicised script repository would also ease major
changes to the distribution, and could be a first line of defence to
provide workarounds for security problems in packages.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" id="backwards-compatibility" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1>
<p>Not a problem for this GLEP.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" id="copyright" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1>
<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p>
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303			<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id5" name="id5">Specification</a></li>
304			<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id6" name="id6">Rationale</a></li>
305			<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id7" name="id7">Backwards Compatibility</a></li>
306			<li><a class="reference" href="#copyright" id="id8" name="id8">Copyright</a></li>
307	liquidx	1.1	</ul>
308			</div>
309	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
310			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" id="abstract" name="abstract">Abstract</a></h1>
311	liquidx	1.1	<p>There is currently no central repository for scripts that are useful
312			in administering a Gentoo system. This GLEP proposes a way to deal
313			with this issue.</p>
314			</div>
315	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
316			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" id="status-update" name="status-update">Status Update</a></h1>
317	g2boojum	1.4	<p>Expect the first alpha release by the end of November or so.</p>
318			</div>
319	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
320			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" id="motivation" name="motivation">Motivation</a></h1>
321	liquidx	1.1	<p>There are many small tasks on a Gentoo system that can be made much
322			easier and fault-proof by scripting. However, not everyone has the
323			experience to write such scripts; those that do have the choice of
324			tracking down scripts on developer's webpages or with a search engine,
325			or writing them themselves, often duplicating effort that has been
326			already done by other people.</p>
327	g2boojum	1.5	<p>A better solution would be to have a repository of these scripts on
328	liquidx	1.2	www.gentoo.org.</p>
329	liquidx	1.1	</div>
330	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
331			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="specification" name="specification">Specification</a></h1>
332			<p>A <a class="reference" href="mailto:scripts@gentoo.org">scripts@gentoo.org</a> email alias would be setup and forwarded to the team that
333			will accept and publish these scripts to the website. The team will need
334			access to a portion of the website, but just enough to add the scripts, and
335			update links from the main "scripts" page. I would propose it be a
336			subproject of the tools or base top level project. The scripts team would
337			need commit access to gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/[base\|tools]/scripts/.It
338	liquidx	1.1	shouldn't increase the load on gentoo.org significantly.</p>
339	g2boojum	1.5	<p>The scripts should be divided by type of task, for example sysadmin,
340	liquidx	1.2	gentooadmin, misc, and internally well-commented. If there are enough then
341			it might be appropriate to have a search interface.</p>
342	liquidx	1.1	</div>
343	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
344			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6" id="rationale" name="rationale">Rationale</a></h1>
345	liquidx	1.1	<p>A repository on gentoo.org would address the problem of not having a
346			central point where all the scripts reside; and as gentoo.org is
347			trusted by most gentoo users, it would also solve the problem of
348			running scripts without knowing their exact effect. Further trust
349			could be generated by having developers sign their scripts and
350			uploading the signatures in parallel.</p>
351			<p>Periodically, a snapshot could be taken of the repository, the scripts
352			QA'd, and a package made and distributed.</p>
353			<p>Having a well-publicised script repository would also ease major
354			changes to the distribution, and could be a first line of defence to
355			provide workarounds for security problems in packages.</p>
356			</div>
357	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
358			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id7" id="backwards-compatibility" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1>
359	liquidx	1.1	<p>Not a problem for this GLEP.</p>
360			</div>
361	g2boojum	1.5	<div class="section">
362			<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id8" id="copyright" name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1>
363	liquidx	1.1	<p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p>
364			</div>
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