Adam, It would definitely be a good thing. We'd be interested in it but unfortunately havent had the time to have it on a release roadmap. Would you be interested in taking that up? Please feel free to open jira's for improvements/issues you see with Ambari.
thanks mahadev On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:55 AM, ADAMOS LOIZOU <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I was wondering whether there is anything in the Ambari roadmap about > upgrading the Puppet version that the Ambari Agent uses from *2.7* to *3.x > *. > > > > Puppet 3.x offers more built-in control structures and abstractions as > well as better syntax enforcement. > > We’ve found that with 2.7 we’ve had to define functions in Ruby even for > trivial concepts that are no longer necessary thanks to puppet 3.x built-in > functionality. > > > > Is there any interest in making this upgrade? I believe that 3.x should > allow for reducing the Ambari puppet code-base thus making its maintenance > easier and development easier/faster. > > > > Just as a note, I mentioned that 3.x is more rigid/clearer syntax-wise and > that presents an issue with the use of the dash ‘-‘. That means that > some-identifier is no longer a valid identifier and needs to be replaced > with some_identifier. Given the naming policy followed in Ambari, that > might be a bit of a hustle to go through but at least it would ensure > meeting the puppet standard and make it hopefully future-proof. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Adamos > > [image: twitter18] <https://twitter.com/adamosloizou> [image: > linkedin-logo18] <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/adamos-loizou/24/7a4/b29> > > > > [image: Descripción: Descripción: piefirmatid] > > *Adamos Loizou* > > *Centro TI+D Granada > *Edificio Fórum, 4ª planta > > C/José Luis Pérez Pujadas s/n > > 18006 Granada – España > > Tel: +34 958 53 7863 > > Móvil: +34 672 03 4703 > *[email protected]*** > > ** > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Este mensaje se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. Puede consultar > nuestra política de envío y recepción de correo electrónico en el enlace > situado más abajo. > This message is intended exclusively for its addressee. We only send and > receive email on the basis of the terms set out at: > http://www.tid.es/ES/PAGINAS/disclaimer.aspx >
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