As some of you know, we have been working on a native reimplementation of
facter in C++11 in the https://github.com/puppetlabs/cfacter project. At
the same time, we've been continuing to add features and fixes in parallel
in the ruby facter project at good ol' https://github.com/puppetlabs/facter.
Starting in facter 3, we will have only the native implementation, and
facter 2 will only be for bug/security fixes to the ruby implementation.
This message covers some logistics around this transition, whether you're
using or contributing to the facter project.
If you're using facter:
- the upcoming 1.0.x series of puppet-agent includes both (ruby) facter
2.4.x and (native) cfacter 0.4.x
- by default puppet will use facter but you can try the native
implementation with puppet's '--cfacter' setting
- likewise you can A/B compare output with the 'facter' or 'cfacter'
binaries
- once facter 3 is ready, a follow-on Y or Z release of puppet-agent
will include just facter 3 with the native implementation, no need to type
'--cfacter' or 'cfacter'
If you're contributing to facter:
- there is now a facter/2.x branch -- all PRs for bug fixes against ruby
facter should be targeted here
- in the next few weeks, puppetlabs/facter repo will be the source for
all facter development, i.e. native facter code / development will move to
the facter repo (preserving git history)
- the puppetlabs/cfacter repo will become effectively read-only
- we won't be git-merging up from facter/2.x to facter/{stable,master}
(because we can't -- it'll be different code bases)
- this will make us somewhat selective in what we merge to facter/2.x
since we'll need to port it to carry the fix forward
I think that covers it. Happy fact gathering!
Kylo
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