On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Nigel Kersten wrote:
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>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Luke Kanies
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looking at the problems resulting from us putting facts in the get
> request, e.g. #2855, makes me again think this is the wrong approach.
>
> I don't understand why that bug is such an issue to be honest.
>
> Why not just make zlib a requirement for Puppet?
Well, we've traditionally been pretty strict on our dependencies and
have done a good job of running in a degraded mode if necessary rather
than failing without dependencies.
To have a hackish fix to a relatively poor design decision be the
reason we add a new dependency is a bit galling.
--
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
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