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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 09:56:59AM +0300, Jussi Pakkanen wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'd like to start discussion on how to get new scripts into Arsenal
> as it is currently not totally clear. Especially since the 1.0/2.0
> reorganisation is going on.
> 
> We have a script that gathers bugs for the uTouch projects, which we
> would want to get running automatically. Currently it creates its
> own HTML output, because its output is slightly different than
> existing scripts.
> 
> Here are the questions I have:
> 
> - Should it go to Arsenal 1.0 or 2.0?
> - How strictly does it need to adhere to the current architecture
> (that has a separate formatter script)?
> - What needs to be done to get it to run automatically?

Good questions.  We don't have solid guidelines to answer these yet, but
we should.

Here's my thinking.

The development goal for 2.0 branch is to converge the scripts into a
consistent architecture, but it's not there yet.  At this stage I'd see
no problem adding more independent scripts, as long as they can be
migrated into the new architecture in time.

The 1.0 branch goal is stability, focusing mainly on bug fixing.
However, adding a new script that doesn't impinge on any of the existing
code would obviously not impact stability.  But I think that script
should pretty much be "done" - i.e. you don't expect to be working on it
any further except for bug fixes.

Regarding adherence to the current architecture, while that is
definitely a primary goal to achieve we're not at that point yet.  I
don't think it'd be fair to be super strict on this point, since we've
been pretty liberal ourselves up to this point, so long as there is
agreement for working towards the consistent architecture goals.
When I have something documented and some working examples we can
tighten up the policies here.

For getting it to run automatically on cranberry, hopefully Ursula or
Brian can answer what the process is;  I have poked around enough to
think I know, but I'm still sort of a newb there myself.

Bryce