Indeed, I too apologize for the complete tangent! And, as would be expected, I'm for the autorequires since it does what I would expect it to do.
Which, again, is counter to what John wants ;-). But, that's my answer to the original question. Thanks, Trevor On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:37 PM, John Bollinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 5:41:19 PM UTC-6, Raphaël Pinson wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> >> As per Kylo's comment in PR for PUP-4036 >> <https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/3645#issuecomment-76032829>, >> I'd like to discuss the possibility and implications of autorequiring >> parent directories of the home directory for user resources. >> >> As stated in the PR, the idea came from stumbling upon a code like this >> one: >> >> file { '/srv/home': ensure => directory }file { '/home': ensure => link, >> target => '/srv/home' } -> User <| |> >> >> >> where it made a lot of sense that all users should just autorequire the >> nearest parent directory to their home directory. >> >> What are your thoughts on this feature? >> >> > > My sincere apologies for my part in what I now recognize as taking this > thread off on a tangent. The lively discussion we had, however, did allow > me to frame my general position on autorequirements, which is that they > should be implemented only when they are directly indicated by the nature > of the resource. If User resources *can* be applied without first > applying the File resources representing their home directories, then there > should be no autorequirement. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/b8d5e560-9357-4d8f-8234-3b593d9be246%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/b8d5e560-9357-4d8f-8234-3b593d9be246%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 [email protected] -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CANs%2BFoWV6560Do0QqBb_ObXiuJGN1PjTYN%3DVUHau5-hLnSSuXw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
