Re: [gentoo-dev] Project, GLEP, or skip it?

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 09:04 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> So I've been hacking around here at home on this project I'm calling
> GAMPP (Gentoo Apache MySQL PHP Perl) and am getting to the point that
> I need to decide:
>
>   a) Should I make this publicly available?

I would say yes.

>   b) How do I make it publicly available (i.e. host locally if I don't
> get too much traffic, try to open sourceforge project to host under,
> etc.)

If you don't think that you can host it yourself, then sourceforce would
probably be a good place.  If there's enough interest in it, it could
very likely become an official Gentoo project.  Even without an
"official" status, it could be added to the tree.

>   c) Would something like this merit becoming a Gentoo Hosted Project?

As far as I know, no.  It would become a "Gentoo Project", not a "Gentoo
Hosted Project".  As far as I can tell, the difference is that a hosted
project, while Gentoo-written and maintained, is capable of running on
non-Gentoo machines.  For example, both catalyst and genkernel are
"Gentoo Hosted Projects" and are able to be run on non-Gentoo machines
just fine.

>   d) Is this something for a GLEP?

This isn't an enhancement for Gentoo Linux, but a separate project.  The
only reason for a GLEP is to change how things in Gentoo work.  Adding a
package never requires a GLEP.

>   e) Or should I just stuff it as a crazy idea that no one else would
> want and/or appreciate?

I think it would be a good idea.

How comprehensive is this?  Is this something like a cPanel/Plesk clone
or is it simpler than that?

> Any thoughs, suggestions, or opinions are welcome.
>
> Yes, flames are welcome too (It's been awhile since my butt's been
> singed, I'm about due ;-)

Well, since I can't think of anything technical.  You stink.  ;]

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
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Gentoo Linux