Hmm. Let me see if I can keep discussion going...
After a bit of thinking, I'd add this level of requirements detail. An 
OpenSolaris version of this kind of app should provide:

* user registration and log-in.
* a standard form for users who want to input a command.
* a commenting facility so users can leave comments regarding a command.
* a way for user to keep a list of favorite commands from the site list 
of commands.
* a way to display sample output from the command.
* a user rating system (e.g., user rates value of commend 1-5 or user 
clicks a "digg"-like button. The system then floats the command up in 
the display based on number of diggs or according to accumulated ratings.)
* user filters on available commands. (Range of filters are TBD, but 
examples include filter on command name, filter on most viewed, filter 
on user who supplied the command, etc.)

-alan

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Rainer Heilke wrote:
> I agree; we need to nail down the requirements to do this properly.
>
> 1) We need to avoid the "interactivelessness" of the BigAdmin shellme model.
> 2) We need to have a way of categorizing the scripts, as well as searching. 
> (This may be easier said than done.)
>
> That's just two off the top of my head.
>
> I think www.opensolaris.org needs to become robust enough to host this type 
> of thing. Same as the wiki wish list. We can't keep pointing people all over 
> the interweb. Aside from anything else, it makes us look like back-woods 
> amateurs.
> </rant>
>
> Rainer
>   


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