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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">Author:</th><td class="field-body">James Harlow <hythloday at gentoo.org>,</td>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Created:</th><td class="field-body">30 Sep 2003</td>
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<p class="topic-title first"><a id="contents" name="contents">Contents</a></p>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id2" name="id2">Abstract</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#status-update" id="id3" name="id3">Status Update</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id4" name="id4">Motivation</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id5" name="id5">Specification</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id6" name="id6">Rationale</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="#backwards-compatibility" id="id7" name="id7">Backwards Compatibility</a></li>
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<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>
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<p>There is currently no central repository for scripts that are useful
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in administering a Gentoo system. This GLEP proposes a way to deal
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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>
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<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>
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<p>There are many small tasks on a Gentoo system that can be made much
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easier and fault-proof by scripting. However, not everyone has the
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experience to write such scripts; those that do have the choice of
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tracking down scripts on developer's webpages or with a search engine,
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or writing them themselves, often duplicating effort that has been
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already done by other people.</p>
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<p>A better solution would be to have a repository of these scripts on
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www.gentoo.org.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="specification" name="specification">Specification</a></h1>
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<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
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will accept and publish these scripts to the website. The team will need
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access to a portion of the website, but just enough to add the scripts, and
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update links from the main "scripts" page. I would propose it be a
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subproject of the tools or base top level project. The scripts team would
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need commit access to gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/[base|tools]/scripts/.It
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shouldn't increase the load on gentoo.org significantly.</p>
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<p>The scripts should be divided by type of task, for example sysadmin,
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gentooadmin, misc, and internally well-commented. If there are enough then
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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>
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<p>A repository on gentoo.org would address the problem of not having a
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central point where all the scripts reside; and as gentoo.org is
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trusted by most gentoo users, it would also solve the problem of
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running scripts without knowing their exact effect. Further trust
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could be generated by having developers sign their scripts and
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uploading the signatures in parallel.</p>
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<p>Periodically, a snapshot could be taken of the repository, the scripts
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QA'd, and a package made and distributed.</p>
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<p>Having a well-publicised script repository would also ease major
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changes to the distribution, and could be a first line of defence to
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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>
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<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>
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