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El 21/02/14 00:40, Alon Bar-Lev escribi=C3=B3:
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Caro" <dcaroest(a)redhat.com>
> To: "infra" <infra(a)ovirt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:52:23 PM
> Subject: Scripting guidelines
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> Lately I've had a hard time to properly review some patches containing=
shell
> scripts to manage our infrastructure because there's no
guidelines. So=
I
> created
> a wiki page with a proposal [1]. It's made up as a mix of some already=
> existing
> guidelines.
>
> The reason to wrote a bash style guide and not a shell stile guide is =
because
> I
> think that bash is widely adopted (default GNU shell) and provides eno=
ugh
> advantages to sacrifice some portability. I think that most of
our
> maintenance
> and management scripts will never be run on non-GNU OSes.
>
> POSIX compliance should be only used when really needed, for example, =
scripts
> to
> build a specific project, that might be run on non-GNU based systems i=
n the
> far
> future.
>
> This thread is to start a discussion about it so please, share your op=
inions
> and
> concerns (and proposals).
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We already discussed that, I think it is wrong for trivial scripts to u=
se bash.
No need to discuss that over and over.
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The problem is that there is nobody to have authority to decide anythin=
g.
Open Source is not anarchy nor democracy, there should be strict
hierar=
chy.
And we lack that, so anarchy is in action.
=46rom the company you work for, and a pretty old and active participatio=
n on open
source projects, Dave (cc'd) seems to disagree with your view of open sou=
rce
management:
https://opensource.com/business/11/2/leadership-open-source-communities
"""
So how are open source communities led? Largely by the people doing the w=
ork.
Most groups have a loosely defined common goal (build software widgets, o=
r
develop a awesome, open source, computer-based fourth grade math curricul=
um),
and decisions are made by the people doing the work. There's no manager i=
n place
dictating edicts about how things must be done or what objectives to seek=
after.
Many people object to this method, call it anarchy, and claim that it imp=
edes
progress. It's true that if the same set of people was coerced into a sin=
gle
direction, they might make more progress, but there likely wouldn't be th=
e same
level of innovation.
"""
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As for infra, it is not part of anything we distribute so it is not tha=
t
important, however, standards compliance is something that should be co=
nsidered.
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>
>
> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Bash_style_guide
>
> Cheers!
>
> --
> David Caro
>
> Red Hat S.L.
> Continuous Integration Engineer - EMEA ENG Virtualization R&D
>
> Email: dcaro(a)redhat.com
> Web: www.redhat.com
> RHT Global #: 82-62605
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/infra
>
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David Caro
Red Hat S.L.
Continuous Integration Engineer - EMEA ENG Virtualization R&D
Email: dcaro(a)redhat.com
Web: www.redhat.com
RHT Global #: 82-62605
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