On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:41:13AM -0800, Daniel Pittman wrote: > The other thing I keep in mind is that using a 'define' that wraps > some file and exec operations *is* keeping with the spirit of that > statement, if not the letter: sure, it defines the type in the > DSL, but it means that your nodes are referring to high level > types and concepts, not low level implementation details. > > For example, you could rewrite your 'define apache::site' into a > Ruby type/provider pair and *nothing* would have to change for > users of it – the fact that it happens to be implemented one way > or the other is encapsulated.
I didn't realize it was that clean, actually. Thanks. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" 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-users?hl=en.
