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
13	Standards Track	Final	Providing the users with a Gentoo Handbook
21	Standards Track	Final	User-defined Package Sets
23	Standards Track	Final	Handling of ACCEPT_LICENSE
28	Informational	Final	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	An "old-school" metastructure proposal with "boot for being a slacker"
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 GPG key policies
64	Standards Track	Final	Export PMS's cached VDB information
66	Standards Track	Final	Gentoo Git Workflow
67	Standards Track	Final	Package maintenance structure
68	Standards Track	Final	Package and category metadata
74	Standards Track	Final	Full-tree verification using Manifest files

Accepted but not implemented GLEPs (Accepted)

GLEP number	Type	Status	Title
14	Standards Track	Accepted	security updates based on GLSA
65	Standards Track	Accepted	Post-install QA checks

Draft GLEPs (Draft)

GLEP number	Type	Status	Title
62	Standards Track	Draft	Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
72	Standards Track	Draft	Architecture stability status file
73	Standards Track	Draft	Automated enforcing of REQUIRED_USE constraints
75	Standards Track	Draft	Split distfile mirror directory structure
76	Informational	Draft	Copyright Policy
77	Standards Track	Draft	Gentoo General Resolution

Deferred, Rejected, Withdrawn, Replaced, or Moribund GLEPs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
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
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