On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Niels Abspoel <[email protected]>wrote:
> Could this be done with other resources like packages?? > > If it was done as a metaparam (assuming that is what you were referring to), it would be available for all types. So yeah, it would work on packages :) > I think all resources that could be duplicate could benefit from this, > instead of a error duplicate resource it could reference this method, > to indicate which resource will be used. > > We have two issues related to getting puppet to better handle duplicate resources: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16782 and http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/18490. > I See a lot of posts and questions about duplicate resources. > > Yeah, I think that it is one of those purity vs. usability issues that exists in puppet at the moment. I think there is a way to be both theoretically pure and usable at the same time, but the system has to be based on the sound theoretical model. I think puppet is on the right track, but needs a few tweaks in places like this. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Andrew Parker [email protected] Freenode: zaphod42 Twitter: @aparker42 Software Developer *Join us at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - * http://bit.ly/pupconf13* **Register now and take advantage of the Final Countdown discount - save 15%!* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
