Issue #2235 has been reported by Udo Waechter.

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Bug #2235: [proposal] consistent fact names for all platforms
http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/2235

Author: Udo Waechter
Status: Unreviewed
Priority: Normal
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Target version: 
Complexity: Easy
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The aim of facter is to provide information about a system independent of the 
platform that it runs on. Of course, there are platform specific facts, but 
some are independent of the underlying OS.

Example:

- number of processors (physical, virtual)
- graphics card
- memory
- network card (manufacturer, type)
- hard disks (this is difficult, due to differend naming schemes)
- architecture

and such.

There should be a set of facts that are consistent (at least in naming) on all 
platforms:

Currently, ther is "processorcount" on linux (and maybe others) and 
"sp_number_processors" on Darwin (see also: 
http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/2148 ). On Darwin it makes no sense to 
call this differently.

It is counterintuitive and difficult to use such facts in puppet.

The list can propably be extended with other facts, nevertheless there should 
be a stable naming scheme.
First of all we should collect a list of facts that can be platform idependent.




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