ntp/scripts/ Cleanup

• Student: OliverKindernay
• Mentors: HarlanStenn, RahulKumar
• GSoC: GSoC Project Page

Summary

The goal is to improve general code structure, fix broken scripts, identify outdated and useless scripts and automate testing of the scripts.

Related Items:

Tasks

• Make a list of scripts with description and command line parameters
• Implement command line handling script
• Implement testing suite

Command line parameters handling

The command line handling code for each script is automatically generated using AutoGen AutoOpts. AutoGen template to generate perl code from AutoOpts definition file was written. Each script has set of tests testing availability of options.

Timeline

Date	Task	Description	% Done
05-27	Community Bonding	Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
06-17	Coding Begins	Students begin coding for their GSoC projects
06-24	Unavalaible time	Student will be unreachable through email because of a lost of an internet connection for a week
07-29	BO Midterm Evals	Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
08-02	EO Midterm Evals	Mid-term evaluations deadline.
09-16	Wrap-up	Suggested "Pencils Down" date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
09-23	Firm "Pencils Down"	Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
09-27	Final Evaluation	Final Evaluations Deadline
09-27	Code Samples	Students begin uploading code samples
10-01	Final Results	Final Results Announced

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