Perhaps you could elaborate a bit on which concepts in Cf3 you would like to see documented? I suggest you have a look at the links at http://www.cfengine.org/pages/manual_guides (if you have not already)
There is a guide specifically for cf2 users, and also a tutorial and concept guide.. The solutions guide contains cf3 solutions to real-world issues. If you have more concrete input on how these can be improved, that would be valuable. -- Regards, Eystein On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 9:35 AM, David Lee <david....@ecmwf.int> wrote: > no-re...@cfengine.com wrote: > >> According to the docs: >> >> The process_stop is also arguably a command, but it should be an ephemeral >> command that does not lead to a persistent process. It is intended only for >> commands of the form ‘/etc/inetd service stop’, not for processes that >> persist. Processes are restarted at the end of a bundle's execution, but >> stop commands are executed immediately. >> >> I'd agree that this is a little weak, but there seems to be some overlap >> between the idea of "processes" and "services". I get the feeling that >> processes is services' little brother who got dropped on his head while >> young. You can still get pretty much the same result with processes as with >> services - but processes needs more instruction, and has to ask commands for >> help periodically. And processes demands way less pay. > > yes, that all tallies with my recollection. So I check out 'services' > (again, in case a bump on my own head had caused a memory refresh > violation) and see "Services promises are only avaiable [sic] in > Cfengine Nova and above." > > Now I have a long and generally respectful history with version 2 of > cfengine (including occasional battles with its quirks). I'm new to > cf-3, and I had really hoped that cf-3 would be a decent step forwards, > and maintain the spirit of open-source. But I find its concepts rather > obscure and very poorly documented, and no structured "cookbook" with > decent-sized examples leading one step-by-step into these concepts. It > is a battle (or I've had a bump on my head between cf2 and cf3). > > And now I find that the one major advance that, in the documentation, > had looked really promising, namely the concept of services, appears to > have been deliberately hobbled in the community edition. (I hope > someone can tell me it's not so.) Sigh. > > -- > : David Lee > : ECMWF (Data Handling System) > : Shinfield Park > : Reading RG2 9AX > : Berkshire > : > : tel: +44-118-9499 362 > : email: david....@ecmwf.int > _______________________________________________ > 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
