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[edit] Open Issues
At the LF Summit, it was decided that this project should go ahead, with the cautionary note that a comprehensive tool will be a large task. The ideal would be to create an independent shell syntax parser, but in a pinch, a set of regular expressions covering the most common bash-isms should be sufficient.
[edit] Vision
We have application checkers now for C, C++, Perl, and Python, but none for shell scripts, which may be the most common scripts deployed. Furthermore, the popularity of bash often means that "bash-isms" creep into shell code that is shipped on Linux, because most developers assume that /bin/sh will be bash. This results in scripts which are not compliant with the LSB, which will break on Linux distributions using other LSB-compliant shells as /bin/sh, such as Ubuntu.
[edit] Milestones
A rough proposed schedule for this project. When we anticipate that we will reach certain milestones. Also, if the project has an absolutely-must-be-completed-by date, mention it here.
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[edit] Resources
No resources have been dedicated to this project.
[edit] Hardware
No hardware has been dedicated to this project.
[edit] Contacts
List of people who are working on the project and their roles.
| Name | Role |
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| Jeff Licquia | Project Owner |
[edit] Tasks
Tasks will map many-to-one to milestones. Tasks are specific actionable work items that need to be completed in order to reach a milestone
[edit] Active
| Task | Owner | Status | Outlook |
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[edit] Completed
| Task | Owner | Status | Outlook |
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[edit] Pending
Tasks that can't be scheduled yet because they are waiting on some other task or external entity
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[edit] Comments
The last word on this project, from the LF Summit, came from Alexey of ISPRAS. Is ISPRAS prepared to do the work for this project?
Jeff Licquia 13:59, 17 April 2008 (PDT)