----- Original Message ----- > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:54 AM, R.I.Pienaar < r...@devco.net > > wrote: > > > > The PDL is a *much* more desirable solution than either layered > classes > or extlookup, why it has gone un-implemented I dont know and why the > current suggestion is that layered classes somehow represents an > effective > alternative to the PDL I do not understand at all - since surely why > bother with the PDL at all then? > > > > > I'll answer this one. The obvious, and correct, answer is, "because > it's a lot of work to do this." > > For Puppetlabs to do this, they're going to have to invest a lot of > time and energy, because their implementation *must* be > backwards-compatible or else provide an automated tool for doing the > conversion. Further, the PDL proposal hasn't actually been around > all that long. Puppetlabs isn't Microsoft and doesn't have a > thousand developers on hand to write stuff up. Their staff is small > and no matter how talented they are, there is limited time with each > day. Even a user-contributed patch set probably will take time to > vet simply because of the compatibility requirements.
I get that, I wasnt intending to say 'why has it not been coded yet' but more wondering why extlookup is being downplayed in the absence of a solution that solves the same problem as effectively. Many big users out there today says they cant live without extlookup, simply because it's effective at solving the problem. So I think the original question is very valid - why tell people not to use a feature that is available in the core language? if it sux, remove it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
