Issue #6792 has been updated by Adrien Thebo. Status changed from Code Insufficient to In Topic Branch Pending Merge
As it turns out, windows wouldn't need an osfamily group, since the kernel fact for windows already aggregates cygwin, msys, windows platforms, et cetera. Thus, we can rely on the fallback to provide windows support. ---------------------------------------- Feature #6792: A fact to identify OS family https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/6792 Author: Alessandro Franceschi Status: In Topic Branch Pending Merge Priority: Low Assignee: Adrien Thebo Category: Target version: Keywords: Branch: https://github.com/adrienthebo/facter/tree/ticket%2Fmaster%2F6792 Affected Facter version: Following the discusssion in ticket #6679 it could be a good thing to have a new fact that identifies the operatingsystem family/breed, so that all the distros derived from the same source could have a common fact (ie: Fedora, Centos, Scientific Linux should all share the same fact value of redhat). A problem for a similar fact is how to define what belongs to a family and what not, and the actual methods used to identify it. I'd follow an approach based on the possible practical use of a similar fact, based on how similarly certain packages are managed and configured on similar OSes. Under this point of view, I found myself having often similar Puppet configurations for: Debian/Ubuntu (...) RedHat/Centos (Fedora/Scientific Linux ...) so for these cases I would for sure identify two different fact values. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
