On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Peter Meier <peter.me...@immerda.ch> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi > > >> I'd avoid any version of puppet that ends in a "0" like the plague if > you > >> want stability. > > > > > > The project has been steadily improving in this regard, but it's > definitely > > been a problem. > > > > I have great hopes for 2.7.0 though, and the more people that test out > our > > RCs (hint! hint!) the better it's going to be. > > Awesome would be some kind of script with which I could test the new > release. Something with puppet cucumber, that people could run and that > would simply try to compile all the catalogs for their hosts and maybe > also comparing the catalogs to the ones of the currently installed version. > As far as just testing new versions, the envpuppet script makes this really easy. https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/2.7.x/ext/envpuppet You can simply checkout the git repo, and run it "live" out of the repo. I know we've had a few people work on catalog compilation and comparison, I'll let them speak here. Also it could record compile time etc. so we wouldn't fall into another > regression as we did with 2.6.0 > As a note here, we're working on standardized performance testing with a baseline of manifests so we know when we're introducing performance regressions. > > I know more or less how I could do that with puppet-cucumber and R.I.'s > catalog-diff but I lack a bit the time to setup that. But I would > certainly download a tarball and run the script that I only need to > point to my puppet.conf and send the feedback on that. > > I think this could be in general useful for future releases. > > Yeah I know, I'm just throwing in ideas that don't contain actual > code... Sorry. > Ideas are awesome too :) > > ~pete > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk3f0GsACgkQbwltcAfKi3/bNACeOw2bAr+oYL3VGoWZSLJWCpni > bl4AoIx0j7pTlabE4jAkGUEX8hpbxOv0 > =2EUf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en. > > -- Nigel Kersten Product, Puppet Labs @nigelkersten -- 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.
