Hi Josh, I have realized my noob-ness since asking this question. I think it comes down to my mindset of thinking procedurally rather than in the puppet mindset of deterministically http://puppetlabs.com/blog/inside-puppet-about-determinism/
This are all great and useful comments: I will pass this on to my team! Thanks for being such a resourceful community! Cheers, JS -- 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/-/PiEeYeF6C3EJ. 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.
