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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">0.2</td> |
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Author:</th><td class="field-body">James Harlow <glep at james.is.never.wrong.nu>,</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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<li><a class="reference" href="#abstract" id="id2" name="id2">Abstract</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#motivation" id="id3" name="id3">Motivation</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#specification" id="id4" name="id4">Specification</a></li> |
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<li><a class="reference" href="#rationale" id="id5" name="id5">Rationale</a></li> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" 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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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" 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 dev.gentoo.org.</p> |
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" 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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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" 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="#id6" name="backwards-compatibility">Backwards Compatibility</a></h1> |
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<p>Not a problem for this GLEP.</p> |
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