On 24 October 2016 at 19:59, Eric D Helms <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd like to add a new repository focused on providing space for community > members to contribute tools and scripts that they write. I think this would > provide a number of benefits: > > * allow users a place to contribute to the community with custom code > they write > * provide a centralized place for users to find useful tools and scripts > that other users have written that may solve their problem > * inform developers to the types of problems users are solving through > custom scripts to better inform application design and features > +1 from me, this sounds like an excellent way to share knowledge, similar to how we've seen collaboration grow in the community-templates repo. Some promotion is probably in order once the repo is up and running, perhaps a blog post inviting contribution? I'd propose the following: > > * create 'community-tools' or 'community-extras' or 'community-utils' > repository (foreman-tools and foreman-extras sound like plugins given our > conventions) > +1 to "community-extras" - given we already have "community-templates" this seems in keeping. * add tools and scripts underneath a folder for each > * start the repository with a core set of developers to help manage it > and merge code for users > > A starter script would be [1] which might be useful for Python developers > and does not get much exposure sitting out on the site like it does today. > > [1] http://www.katello.org/community/scripts/upload_file.py > Another few things which leap to mind are: * Foreman-hooks scripts - I've heard of people doing all sorts of stuff with this * Discovery image customizations - e.g. rack-management integration from one of the case studies Greg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "foreman-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
