On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:16 PM, David Lutterkort wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 11:09 -0500, Luke Kanies wrote: >> Right -- and then you'd need some kind of configuration file that >> provided customized orders for each resolution. > > Instead of adding a config file, it might be enough to just add to > Facter's DSL - people who muck with facts have some familiarity with > Ruby anyway.
That's a good point -- providing code-based ways to reconfigure ordering would probably be sufficient for most. You'd be modifying the order of builtin resolutions, which would be weird, but not too far out there. > >> There are enough API changes I want that I'm tempted to make a new >> interface entirely, rather than trying to provide backward >> compatibility through the existing interface. I.e., requiring that >> all of the custom facts out there be upgraded seems too much; >> instead, >> only support custom orders with facts defined through the new >> interface. > > Sure .. the issue at heart though is that currently the ordering of > resolutions is not predictable; explicit ordering won't address that > one > way or the other. Ah, right. -- When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' --Don Marquis --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
