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Gentoo Linux Enhancement Proposals

Implemented GLEPs (Final or Active)

GLEP number Type Status Title
1 Informational Active GLEP Purpose and Guidelines
2 Informational Active Sample ReStructuredText GLEP Template
6 Standards Track Final Gentoo Linux monthly bug day
11 Standards Track Final Web Application Installation
21 Standards Track Final User-defined Package Sets
23 Standards Track Final Handling of ACCEPT_LICENSE
28 Informational Active Expiration of inactive GLEPs
30 Standards Track Final Planet Gentoo web log aggregator
31 Standards Track Final Character Sets for Portage Tree Items
38 Informational Final Status of forum moderators in the Gentoo project
39 Informational Final Gentoo metastructure
40 Standards Track Final Standardizing "arch" keywording across all archs.
42 Standards Track Final Critical News Reporting
43 Informational Final GLEP File Hosting
45 Informational Final GLEP date format
48 Standards Track Final QA Team's Role and Purpose
53 Standards Track Final Keywording scheme
57 Informational Final Security of distribution of Gentoo software - Overview
59 Standards Track Final Manifest2 hash policies and security implications
61 Standards Track Final Manifest2 compression
63 Standards Track Final Gentoo OpenPGP policies
64 Standards Track Final Export PMS's cached VDB information
65 Standards Track Final Post-install QA checks
66 Standards Track Final Gentoo Git Workflow
67 Standards Track Final Package maintenance structure
68 Standards Track Final Package and category metadata
72 Standards Track Final Architecture stability status file
74 Standards Track Final Full-tree verification using Manifest files
75 Standards Track Final Split distfile mirror directory structure
76 Informational Active Copyright Policy
77 Standards Track Final Gentoo General Resolution
78 Standards Track Final Gentoo binary package container format
79 Standards Track Final Gentoo OpenPGP Authority Keys
81 Standards Track Final User and group management via dedicated packages
82 Standards Track Final Repository configuration file (layout.conf)
83 Informational Active EAPI deprecation

Accepted but not implemented GLEPs (Accepted)

GLEP number Type Status Title

Draft GLEPs (Draft)

GLEP number Type Status Title

Deferred, Rejected, Withdrawn, Replaced, or Moribund GLEPs

GLEP number Type Status Title
3 Standards Track Deferred Ebuild maintainter extension GLEP
4 Informational Replaced Gentoo top-level management structure proposal
5 Standards Track Deferred Extending metadata.xml
7 Standards Track Moribund New ombudsman position
8 Standards Track Moribund Adopt-A-Developer
9 Standards Track Deferred Gentoo Package Update System
10 Standards Track Deferred Localized Gentoo Sites
12 Standards Track Rejected Gentoo.org Finger Daemon
13 Standards Track Moribund Providing the users with a Gentoo Handbook
14 Standards Track Deferred security updates based on GLSA
15 Standards Track Deferred Gentoo Script Repository
16 Standards Track Deferred Gentoo Menu System
17 Standards Track Deferred Resolution for Aging EBuilds
18 Standards Track Deferred Gentoo Bimonthly Publication
19 Standards Track Withdrawn Gentoo Stable Portage Tree
20 Standards Track Deferred /srv - Services Home Directory Support
22 Standards Track Replaced New "keyword" system to incorporate various userlands/kernels/archs
24 Standards Track Deferred Consistent Gentoo tool naming scheme
25 Standards Track Deferred Distfile Patching Support
26 Standards Track Deferred Handling kernels with portage
27 Standards Track Deferred Portage Management of UIDs/GIDs
29 Standards Track Withdrawn USE flag groups
32 Standards Track Deferred Maildir Location
33 Standards Track Deferred Eclass Restructure/Redesign
34 Standards Track Replaced Per-Category metadata.xml Files
35 Standards Track Deferred Automated consistency check for ebuilds
36 Standards Track Moribund Subversion/CVS for Gentoo Hosted Projects
37 Standards Track Deferred Virtuals Deprecation
41 Standards Track Rejected Making Arch Testers official Gentoo Staff
44 Standards Track Replaced Manifest2 format
46 Standards Track Replaced Allow upstream tags in metadata.xml
47 Standards Track Rejected Creating 'safe' environment variables
49 Standards Track Rejected Alternative Package Manager requirements
50 Standards Track Rejected Supporting alternative package managers
51 Standards Track Withdrawn Gentoo Knowledge Base
52 Standards Track Withdrawn RESTRICT=unattended
54 Standards Track Deferred scm package version suffix
55 Standards Track Rejected Use EAPI-suffixed ebuilds (.ebuild-EAPI)
56 Standards Track Replaced USE flag descriptions in metadata
58 Standards Track Replaced Security of distribution of Gentoo software - Infrastructure to User distribution - MetaManifest
60 Standards Track Replaced Manifest2 filetypes
62 Standards Track Deferred Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
69 Standards Track Deferred File installation masks
70 Standards Track Deferred Addition of distribution environment variables
71 Standards Track Deferred Require Projects to report to Council Monthly
73 Standards Track Deferred Automated enforcing of REQUIRED_USE constraints
80 Standards Track Deferred Identity verification via OpenPGP WoT