On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Peter Meier <peter.me...@immerda.ch> wrote:
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>>> In this module, if you use the following orginization puppet will
>>> autoload everything:
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>>> manifests/init.pp contains class apache { }
>>> manifests/disable.pp contains class apache::disable inherits apache {}
>>> manifests/virtualhost.pp contains define apache::virtualhost(){}
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>> Really? Are you serious???. Why is puppet dictating to me that it will
>> only autoload classes if I have a class named module::disable,
>> module::virtualhost? Who's idea was that and why? This seems awfully
>> arbitrary.
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> on what other basis should puppet then autoload classes/defines?
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> I suspect that you didn't understand what Jeff have written...To clarify what I've written: Clearly the autoloader must follow some deterministic set of rules. Puppet is not dictating anything, but the autoloader does need to operate in a predictable manner. To clarify the history of the autoloader: I take quite a bit of responsibility for the current behavior, I made a number of suggestions and contributions to the current design when I faced numerous issues with the autoloader in the past. Puppet is an open source project and the ability to provide constructive feedback is invaluable to me and a huge part of the reason I've been so involved in the project. The community is open and incredibly receptive to constructive feedback which is why my suggestions and contributions helped produce the autoloader we have today. I'm certainly not the only one who contributed to the design, I filed tickets and suggested viable alternatives along with other members of the community which is why the autoloader improved to the point of imports not being necessary any more. It's not perfect, but it's an improvement and it satisfies my needs and the needs of many in the community. None of these recommendations or standards are enforced. Technically by the tools or by the community. You're free to structure your code any way you choose. My thesis statement is; you will receive a number of benefits "for free" if you structure your manifests in the way the autoloader expects them to be structured. If the autoloader behavior is an issue for you, please help us improve it. Thanks, -- Jeff McCune http://www.puppetlabs.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
