Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: Thoughts about some cfengine design decisions? Author: Beto Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,24285,24291#msg-24291
I couldn't agree more on items 1) and 2). These kinds of purely arbitrary design decisions (I haven''t seen a single post suggesting that they are good or useful decisions) have no place in cfengine. They - unnecessarily confuse new cfengine users and irritate experienced users. - at least in the case of 2), result in significantly more complex workarounds or, new cfengine users may simply forgo their requirement. The response to these issues is always cast in a "protect you from yourself" kind of rationalization. Well, isn't that why we *test*? There are a million ways one could conceivably hang themselves with cfengine and we don't need these kind of arbitrary tripping stones thrown in our paths. Nor do we need to spend time and effort creating workarounds for simple tasks that cfengine should be capable of performing. These two design decisions are unnecessary, arbitrary, make it more difficult to use cfengine and need to be reversed. Your items 3) and 4) are valid questions also, IMHO. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
