I usually explicitly set the $puppetversion in my manifest for my environment. Furthermore, I have my own mirror copied from puppet labs repo and install it from that location instead. That way, I have control of what I push out and only update when I know that the new version is sound.
So I am not sure what the hubbub is all about. If you are not controlling what you push out, don't be surprised when something breaks. - RIlindo On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:16 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote: > > I am not directly affected by this issue, but I agree with those complaining > that it was unwise, or at least inhospitable for PL to release Puppet 3 into > its repositories in this way, especially considering that PL intends to > continue with maintenance releases in the 2.7 series. It is tantamount to a > recommendation for all users to upgrade to the new line immediately, and > considering the number of breaking changes, I cannot believe that that was > intended. > > The customary way to handle dual lines of packages is to give one line a > different name, for example "puppet3-*" instead of plain "puppet-*". Failing > that, it is essential that the package name for the 2.7 series be changed, > else the PL repository will be near-useless to people who want to stay at 2.7 > for the time being. If that's the plan then the first "puppet2-*" packages > should have been released at the same time that the mainline packages were > updated to v 3.0. > > Alternatively, PL could set up a separate repository for the Puppet 2 > maintenance releases. > > Distinguishing the lines only by their version numbers simply isn't useful, > and dropping v3 packages with their breaking changes into the same repository > with v2 will cause breakage for users. PL, I urge you to reconsider. Soon. > > > 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/-/AG4SVCmBV1cJ. > 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.
