Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-26 Thread Alessandro Franceschi
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:27:41 PM UTC+2, pablo.f...@cscs.ch wrote: > > Hi, > > On 23/06/14 19:15, Alessandro Franceschi wrote: > > As a side note I'm a bit perplex about the proliferation of parameters in > classes or defines in order to match single application specific > configuration e

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-26 Thread Alessandro Franceschi
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:20:33 PM UTC+2, Felix.Frank wrote: > > Hi guys, > > On 06/24/2014 03:48 PM, jcbollinger wrote: > > > > I understand the point, but at the same time I find it harmful also > > to have hundreds of modules, that are published on the forge but > > work onl

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-24 Thread Pablo Fernandez
Hi, On 23/06/14 19:15, Alessandro Franceschi wrote: > As a side note I'm a bit perplex about the proliferation of parameters > in classes or defines in order to match single application specific > configuration entries. > When I look at this, for example: > https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-24 Thread Felix Frank
Hi guys, On 06/24/2014 03:48 PM, jcbollinger wrote: > > I understand the point, but at the same time I find it harmful also > to have hundreds of modules, that are published on the forge but > work only for a specific case and are practically useless for others. > > > > I disagree.

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-24 Thread jcbollinger
On Monday, June 23, 2014 10:52:48 AM UTC-5, Alessandro Franceschi wrote: > > > > On Friday, June 20, 2014 8:01:49 PM UTC+2, Trevor Vaughan wrote: >> >> +1 to everything that John has said. >> >> While many Forge modules are not useful to me out of the box, I have had >> good luck modifying them

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-23 Thread Alessandro Franceschi
On Monday, June 23, 2014 6:49:00 PM UTC+2, pablo.f...@cscs.ch wrote: > > Hi, > > I think you (example42) hit the nail in the head in the "rethinking > modules part 1" with one tiny exception... but that error was multiplied > by x100 in the second part of your dissertation. > > The exception

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-23 Thread Pablo Fernandez
Hi, I think you (example42) hit the nail in the head in the "rethinking modules part 1" with one tiny exception... but that error was multiplied by x100 in the second part of your dissertation. The exception I am talking about is the desirability to pass a template as a parameter: I agree you sho

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-23 Thread Alessandro Franceschi
On Friday, June 20, 2014 8:01:49 PM UTC+2, Trevor Vaughan wrote: > > +1 to everything that John has said. > > While many Forge modules are not useful to me out of the box, I have had > good luck modifying them to meet my needs at any given time. > Well, in my very personal opinion, if someone t

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Rethinking Puppet modules

2014-06-20 Thread Trevor Vaughan
+1 to everything that John has said. While many Forge modules are not useful to me out of the box, I have had good luck modifying them to meet my needs at any given time. I've also been able to learn new ways of doing things (and not doing things) due to the willingness of people to share. I do