Many popular open source programming languages (Perl, Ruby or Python for example) have systems for distributing packaged source code that software developers can use when working in that particular programming language. This paper will consider the design principals that should be followed if designing such an open source code repository.

翻译：许多流行的开放源码编程语言(例如Perl、Ruby或Python)都有软件开发者在使用该特定编程语言时可以使用的软件包源码分发系统,本文件将考虑设计这样一个开放源码存储处时应遵循的设计原则。