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The goal is to improve general code structure, fix broken scripts, identify outdated and useless scripts and automate testing of the scripts.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