On Friday, May 23, 2014 6:16:28 AM UTC-6, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
> No config system really handles "this shall not be X".
>

sounds like NixOS is doing that. Granted their config management is built 
into the OS giving it some advantages in tracking state.
 

> FWIW, this nothing to do with "idempotence".  It's unfortunately one of 
> the most misued words, and I blame Puppet/CFengine for making it so popular.
>
perhaps wrong choice of words - I haven't come across something that would 
describe what I'm looking for quite precisely.
 

> If you are using cloud hosts, it's easier to destroy the hosts, and that's 
> the generally accepted way to do it.
>

sure, clouds with disposable OS'es - kind of tolerable. But even then - you 
don't want to "re-format" your entire cloud just to move services from A to 
B? What if that is a chain move with more hosts involved? 

P.S.
not trying to start a flame-war or point a finger of blame - just looking 
for some solution (or workaround). 

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