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* move current ruleset into a new "core" area
* ''Happening soon...''
+ * ''Done''

* write scripts to test, filter, and pull rules from sandboxes automatically into core/ production ruleset
* ''VOTE: not approved -- Daniel says 'I'd like more details'.''

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* ''Done''

* write scripts to test, filter, and pull rules from sandboxes automatically into core/ production ruleset
+ * ''Dropped in favour of:''
- * ''VOTE: not approved -- Daniel says 'I'd like more details'.''
- * see RulesProjPromotion

+ * write scripts to test, filter, and pull rules from sandboxes and core, as a compilation step, into an output directory (see RulesProjPromotion)
+ * ''Done''
+
- * start using the above scripts to generate core/ ruleset in svn
+ * start using the above scripts to generate ruleset in svn
- * ''VOTE: not approved -- Daniel says 'I'd like more details'.''
- * see RulesProjPromotion
+ * ''Done!''
+

Second step -- list-driven mass-checks:

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* Speeding up the release cycle for rules: SaUpdatePlan
* the secrecy problem: RulesProjSecrecy
* the language problem: RulesNotEnglish
+ * a continuous mass-checking system: RulesProjBuildBot

== Outstanding Tasks/Votes ==

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* start using the above scripts to generate ruleset in svn
* ''Done!''

+ Phase two -- mass-checking systems:

- Second step -- list-driven mass-checks:
+ * Weekly mass-check
+ * ''DONE: all rules, with --net''

- * set up the mailing list; get subscribers. (RulesProjMoreInput)
+ * Nightly mass-check: web-based user interface for the following data:
+ * ''DONE: freqs for all rules''
+ * ''DONE: freqs collated across all users' corpora, or individually''
+ * ''DONE: overlaps between rules''
+ * TODO: rule-by-rule comparative performance figures?
+ * TODO: historical rule hits data?
+ * TODO: promotion criteria as defined in RulesProjPromotion, so rules that can be promoted can be identified at a glance

- * implement scripts, or get them from SARE. (RulesProjMoreInput)
+ Phase three:

+ * TODO: the RulesProjBuildBot system, comprising these tasks:
+ * set up new buildbot master
+ * set up user in zone
+ * set up new buildbot slave
+ * set up chroot jail
+ * get mass-check running in chroot
+ * copy in corpus
+ * write mass-check wrapper script to:
+ * mass-check that corpus, using rules from .../rulesrc/sandbox/ only
+ * implement strict ulimits
+ * write mass-check-completed script to:
+ * output freqs so it's visible through the Buildbot UI
+ * write mail-handling script to extract mail-submitted rule attachments
+

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Phase three:

* TODO: the RulesProjBuildBot system, comprising these tasks:
- * set up new buildbot master
+ * DONE: set up new buildbot master
- * set up user in zone
+ * DONE: set up user in zone
- * set up new buildbot slave
+ * DONE: set up new buildbot slave
* set up chroot jail
* get mass-check running in chroot
* copy in corpus
+ * set up additional slaves for additional corpora
* write mass-check wrapper script to:
* mass-check that corpus, using rules from .../rulesrc/sandbox/ only
* implement strict ulimits

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add the link

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Phase three:

* TODO: the RulesProjBuildBot system, comprising these tasks:
- * DONE: set up new buildbot master
+ * DONE: set up new buildbot master - http://buildbot.spamassassin.org:8011/
* DONE: set up user in zone
* DONE: set up new buildbot slave
* set up chroot jail