----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Larizza" <g...@puppetlabs.com> > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > Sent: Friday, December 7, 2012 8:35:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Poll for thoughts on hierifying modules and OS > default differences > > I tend to take the stance that things in modules that AREN'T specific > to your company (i.e. things that could help others - like names of > packages on other OS platforms, config file paths, etc) should be > kept in the Module and not locked up in Hiera data (that way, both > people using and NOT using Hiera can benefit from them). I HAVE in > the past put that data in Hiera, but have also find that it can > bloat the hierarchy. I'm curious as to what others think, as this is > my opinion and not necessarily 'best practice'.
Did you read http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16856 ? it seems this would address your concerns with this kind of information in hiera The commit message @ https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/1217 might do a better job of explaining -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.