Thanks for the replies John and Al. I've spent some time re-designing my module. It's now a few separate modules that use smaller chains and is far more readable.
Cheers, Justin On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:28 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org>wrote: > > > On Monday, September 17, 2012 9:31:41 AM UTC-5, Alessandro Franceschi > wrote: >> >> It feels like you're overusing a bit too much run stages... > > > That's putting it mildly. > > >> Read here for usage recommendations (and limitations): >> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/**puppet/2.7/reference/lang_run_**stages.html<http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_run_stages.html> >> You can more easily manage relationships inside a class (all the mysql >> steps can be managed inside the same mysql module) and maybe attributes >> like require or before can result easier to manage than chains, in this >> case. >> >> > +1 > > Indeed, there is nothing you can do with stages that you cannot also > accomplish with ordinary resource relationships. Stages basically allow > you to define a lot of relationships in a simple, compact way, but for > ordering small numbers or resources that all know about each other they > cost a lot more than ordinary relationships. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/_mUruEmIk6sJ. > > 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.
