On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Brice Figureau <brice-pup...@daysofwonder.com> wrote: > On 01/11/10 16:28, jcbollinger wrote: > [ snipped full proposal ] >> >> To sum up: >> >> Resolving the perceived consistency issue can be done without any >> change to the File resource. It is sufficient to >> >> a) Fix the relative path problem for the file() function, and >> b) add a string concatentation function, and >> c) deprecate passing multiple arguments to template(), prefering >> instead applying the new conatentation function to several single- >> argument invocations of template(). >> >> This approach is 100% backwards-compatible, inasmuch as deprecation of >> multiple arguments to template() does not imply removal of that >> feature. Because the new features would all be in functions, they >> would be available everywhere in manifests that functions can be >> invoked, not just in File resources. Furthermore, the new mechanism >> for concatenating template results would be both more expressive than >> the old and, because of its reliance on a general-purpose function, >> more broadly consistent than just with file() and File/source. > > +1, this is I think the best, and more or less what I was thinking when > I read the OP mail.
I'm happy with the direction this is going in. It would be great if someone could update the original bug with the position we've come to, otherwise I'll get to it in the next few days. > > One thing I'd really don't want to lose (and some of the previous > proposition removed it) is the hability to use: > > content => "my content" > > Thanks, > -- > Brice Figureau > My Blog: http://www.masterzen.fr/ > > -- > 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. > > -- Nigel Kersten - Puppet Labs - 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.
