[Bro-Dev] The BPAN project

[Slagell, Adam J]

On Mar 16, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Matthias Vallentin wrote:
> 
> 
> Requirements:
> 
>    - Sharing scripts should be simple: one should be able to point
>      someone to a remote repository and the integration happens
>      automatically.

Dependencies will likely arise. Particularly problematic are extension scripts which require changes in base scripts that we ship. I don't think we can allow new scripts that require tweaks to base scripts.
> 
>    - Organization by topic tags: similar to package managers, we need a
>      way to categorize scripts and bundle them. For example
> 
>    - Separation between officially supported and user/experimental
>      scripts. For the official ones, we offer support and make sure
>      they'll always work with the latest/current version of Bro. We do
>      not make such a guarantee for external scripts.

I think the clear line between supported/not supported is what we ship with our tarballs.
> 
> [1] Here are some other naming suggestions instead of BPAN:
> 
>    - Bropane (Bro Policy script Archive NEtwork; inflammable)

+1


>    - Brofuse (profuse: exuberantly plentiful)
>    - Browl (A bowl full of Bro scripts)
>    - Broil (Cooking with the community)
>    - Brodder (Bro protestants)
>    - Brovine (Grass-fed, no growth hormones)
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