Anderson Silva wrote:
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>  >> The report code is in commands.py which is pretty much the only file
> you
>   
>>> really need to change.
>>>       
>>> If you would want to create a file like action_report.py and move all 
>>> the code into there I think that's reasonable too. commands.py
>>> could call out to that.
>>>       
>>> We probably don't want a file for each different output format, I 
>>> imagine they are all rather short and can live in that one file.
>>>       
>>> No worries though, if you submit something and we decided to rearrange 
>>> it later, that's not a problem.
>>>       
>
>
> Alright, so as I've done more reading on the code, I am not sure how
> excited I'd be about hardcoding templates into commands.py... Plus, part
> of the idea of cobblersysreport was to generate a table/grid like output
>  for quick documentation on a  wiki.
>   

I don't believe anything was said about "hardcoding" anything.

> For the amount of information given out by cobbler report --what=all
> (for example), I don't think a table like output would make much sense.
>   

Which is why we only want to generate reports for certain things/fields, 
yes...

> And the idea to filter the fields is a good one, but that can be
> accomplished by using egrep, like:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cobbler report --what=all | egrep -e "(system|mac)"
> system           : build01_re_redhat_com
>   mac address    : 00:16:3e:01:4a:b9
> system           : buildmaster01_re_redhat_com
>   mac address    : 00:16:3e:76:4f:69
> system           : buildnode01_re_redhat_com
>   mac address    : 00:0F:1F:03:FE:63
> system           : buildnode02_re_redhat_com
>   mac address    : 00:16:3e:4d:98:52
> system           : cobbler_re_redhat_com
>   mac address    : 00:16:3e:3b:26:14
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Grep doesn't make sense when wanting to report table formatted output 
like what you were opposing.

>
> So, unless anyone disagrees with me and have a good argument to try to
> keep moving any of those features into cobbler itself, I will go ahead
> and withdraw from this 'feature' for cobbler.
>
>   

If you don't want to add it after all, don't add it. I'm not sure I 
understand the change of heart,
but I am not going to argue with someone about adding a feature they 
don't want to add.

> Let me know.
>
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