Consistency? No distribution specific hacks? I think Oliver is a werewolf...
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Oliver Hookins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > This may be a slightly controversial proposal, but hear me out. > > RPM based platforms that use yum or up2date have new package headers > automatically downloaded from the package sources as part of those > commands. > On Debian/Ubuntu "apt-get update" is necessary to update headers and since > Puppet doesn't automatically do this, some external command or a separately > configured exec or schedule resource is necessary - posing an obvious > inconsistency. > > To even the playing field I'm suggesting we add a compulsory apt-get update > to the Debian package provider. An alternative to this which may be more > favourable to some is ensuring NONE of the package providers update headers > unless it is explicitly requested. This way we at least maintain > consistency > between platforms and ensure we don't need any distribution-specific hacks. > > I welcome questions, comments, flames, death threats etc. > > -- > Regards, > Oliver > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" 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-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
