* Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP #15 - a gentoo script repository.
@ 2003-10-15 16:59 99% ` Brian Jackson
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From: Brian Jackson @ 2003-10-15 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Wednesday 15 October 2003 10:57 am, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I missed the original thread on this GLEP, so apologies for the delay in
> responding.
>
> For those who missed the original discussion as well, please see this
> thread:
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/12750
>
> So, let me start by saying that I support the idea behind this GLEP, though
> I would like to see some modifications made and some questions answered
> before approving it.
>
> Some comments in no particular order:
>
> * I dislike the idea of making this a plain page. For it to be effective,
> I think it needs to have some searching and filtering capabilities
> straight away.
Okay, I didn't know what type of infrastructure commitment we could expect so
I was shooting for the most simple thing. Something that work on the existing
webnodes.
>
> One thing I'm not willing to do is simply throw a page up there and let
> people start contributing scripts. This will *quickly* become
> unmanageable and unusable. If we're going to do this, we need to design
> it correctly from the start.
Understandable, I'll get something worked up and put it on my site for
perusal. As per discussion on irc, I'll stick with python/php and mysql
>
> * Rather than including this in another project page, such as tools or
> base, I'd rather see this as a standalone application, personally. Say,
> scripts.gentoo.org. This is largely a personal preference and I'm open
> to discussing it, however. I just feel that this doesn't fit neatly into
> the mandate of tools and/or base and it would see more use as a
> standalone app similar to the (now dead, but soon to be reborn)
> stats.gentoo.org. Other projects could link to specific sections from
> their pages as they wished.
>
> * "A scripts@gentoo.org email alias would be setup and forwarded to the
> team that will accept and publish these scripts to the website."
>
> Who is this team? This needs to be in place and functioning before this
> GLEP can be approved.
Well, so far I have about 4 people who are interested in working on this, and
I'm sure more will raise their hands.
>
> * In addition to being divided by task, this app also needs to be able to
> filter by language (python, shell, perl, etc.) See the first bullet
> point.
okay, will do
>
> * There need to be standards and guidelines on what is required to have a
> script be included in the repository. Chief among these standards must
> be documentation about how the script works, what it does, any special
> requirements, etc.
agreed, I was going to require a usage blurb and long description for
everything, and show that just below each script
>
> * I would really, really like to see some sort of interactive application
> where users could make comments on various scripts. For a perfect
> example of what I'm referring to, see PHP's documentaion:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
>
> Specifically, the user contributed notes at the bottom. IMO, I think
> this is the perfect interface for a scripts.gentoo.org type application.
that sounds like a good plan, I'll look and see if I can find the code for it,
and see if there is anything I can steal, I mean borrow.
>
> * Who all is going to build this? The folks behind the scripts@gentoo.org
> alias? Someone else?
I haven't found a web programmer yet, so I'll probably do the rough draft
>
> So, basically, I think the idea is great and am willing to support it from
> an infrastructure perspective. If there are people willing to devote the
> elbow grease necessary to put this together, then great.
Excellent! I'll let you know when I've got something for you to look at.
--Iggy
>
> --kurt
>
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