Any comments on my suggestion ?
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Rumen Telbizov <telbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for starting a discussion.
>
> Here is how I see a feature like this.
> How about if we introduce a new keyword called say "print: " similar to
> debug but being an auxiliary keyword rather than the main task. So with
> this you can control some extra output that comes after [changed]
> [servername] => "here's my custom output".If this print keyword exists in
> a task that has a loop then it will basically be printed on every iteration.
>
> Now if you don't specify print: then ansible keeps doing what it does now
> - it prints nothing for a regular task and the full "item" content for a
> task with a loop. In other words the default won't change the current
> behavior.
> If we *do* have the print keyword present though then ansible still prints
> the [changed] [servername] part but after it, it also adds whatever
> "print" says - which if in a loop might contain the whole item if the
> author of the playbook decided to do so or maybe only parts of it:
> {{item.blah}}
> is now {{item.changed}} or something ?
>
> My thoughts only though.
>
> Cheers,
> Rumen Telbizov
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Jerome Wagner <aky...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Maybe there could be an option to simply control the total size of each
>> output line.
>> the length-cut is simple to implement and I don't see how you could
>> smarty extract and show only the important information.
>> length=0 (default) means: I want to see everything
>>
>>
>> Le jeudi 13 février 2014 19:01:16 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan a écrit :
>>>
>>> Also this wasn't posted about exit codes (shown only with -v), it was
>>> posted about listing the item it was walking over in a loop, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Michael DeHaan <mic...@ansible.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm more curious how it would work when the item is useful and
>>>> neccessary in some cases and not others.
>>>>
>>>> It does not feel like a global setting and it also should not be
>>>> *nothing* in the task output, or should it?
>>>>
>>>> Also, trying to avoid an additional task keyword..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Nik Maslov <azp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe just a changeable logging level will do?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes I just want to see exit code from operation, rather than a
>>>>> full blown trace.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Michael DeHaan <mic...@ansible.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> So let's not file a request, because the first thing I will ask is to
>>>>>> have a discussion here. Let's talk about what you want to do and if we
>>>>>> can
>>>>>> come to something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Rumen Telbizov
>>>>>> <telbi...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems like there isn't a way to customize the output of an item
>>>>>>> (or otherwise any task).
>>>>>>> Would anybody else be interested in having this feature? I could
>>>>>>> file a request/ticket with a suggestion.
>>>>>>>
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