Thanks, Aleksey. We are all enriched by your helpful enthusiasm and positive attitude. And thanks to Carolyn for the summary so far (this is good Knowledge Management!).
Some kind of picture seems to be emerging. M On 12/13/2010 11:23 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote: > Thanks for the summary, Carolyn, and I am pleased to see this is a hot > topic. =) > > Diego, could you please help me setup up a github wiki on the > github.com cfengine site? > > I would like to comment on some of Mark's proposed requirements: > > > 0. A flat, management free interface > > No comment. > > > 1. Version control on code with comments (like svn) that track changes > so everyone can see. > > This is vital. > > > 2. The ability for people to add comments and even vote. > > This would be _very_ useful as the contrib repository grows! > I really like this idea. > > Announcing contributions on a WordPress blog would allow > comments and voting (there are WP plugins for voting, e.g. > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vote-it-up/) > > Perhaps put the WP instance on contrib.cfengine.org? > > > 3. The ability to scan everything and build a knowledge base around it, > highlight syntax and link to the manuals. > > That would really help people learning Cfengine. Doesn't Nova > do this? > > > 4. A simple easy to read interface (I found github mostly noise and > couldn't actually find the code in it!!) > > I found github flashy/dizzying. However, as Diego wrote, it is quite > flexible - for example, here is the raw code: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Index of Cfengine 3 Contributed Code: > > > 1. megamic's "cfengine3-boilerplate": A possible starting point for a > new Cfengine3 configuration. > > > git clone git://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate.git > > or > > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/README > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/CHANGES > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/HOWTO > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/LICENSE > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/TODO > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/bootstrap.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/cleanup.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/failsafe.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/library.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/promises.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/runagent.cf > https://github.com/megamic/cfengine3-boilerplate/raw/master/site.cf > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 2. Diego Zamboni's personal (and experimental) version/copy of the > cfengine COPBL, a "standard library" of cfengine policy components > that make it easier to perform common activities. Use at your own > risk, this is not the standard COPBL. > > > > git clone git git://github.com/zzamboni/cfengine-copbl.git > > or > > https://github.com/zzamboni/cfengine-copbl/raw/master/cfengine_stdlib.cf > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 3. Diego Zamboni's Cfengine bundle for editing sshd configuration file > and restarting sshd if needed. > > git clone git://gist.github.com/714948.git > > or > > > https://gist.github.com/raw/714948/e5451f3aacf2bb4b8d42609ae9ffa39a327a65bb/edit_sshd.cf > > https://gist.github.com/raw/714948/ee6d8ee645e510a53c6de97c12b43f1eb34ba198/use_edit_sshd.cf > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 4. Aleksey's WordPress installer and example of configuring iptables for NTP > > git clone git://github.com/cfengine/contrib.git > > or > > https://github.com/cfengine/contrib/raw/master/wordpress_installer.cf > > > https://github.com/cfengine/contrib/raw/master/files__iptables__allow_ntp_from_backend_servers.cf > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Yours truly, > Aleksey > _______________________________________________ > Help-cfengine mailing list > Help-cfengine@cfengine.org > https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
