On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 08:53:15AM -0800, Jo Rhett wrote: > On Jan 25, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Nick wrote: > > But then I have to anticipate every possible value of $shell and define > > resources for them. Anything which is not defined like this is not usable > > within the scheme, because there will be no file resource to realize and > > require. And of course, it also means nothing else can say anything about > > any > > of these files without blowing up, because my code "owns" them. > > > > So far as I can see, this property of resources makes it hard to write > > self-contained and reusable modules, and this is frustrating. > > > I just want to say +1 to this. I have found Puppet to be a wonderful way to > deeply tie all your automation to an exact known configuration of hosts, but > pretty much useless for dealing with situations in a generalized fashion. It > is hard enough to track all the dependencies on modules being written by > different people within the same team. I cannot image the pain which must be > felt by people who have modules written by geographically and politically > disperse teams.
(Define "generalized"?) Also, could you expound? I don't know any production scenario where it's desirable to have anything other than "an exact known configuration of hosts". > -- > Jo Rhett > Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other > randomness > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
