Bumping this to ensure there are no objections. If none are voiced, Greg could we get this created next Wednesday the 2nd?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Greg Sutcliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > -- Eric D. Helms Red Hat Engineering Ph.D. Student - North Carolina State University -- 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.
