Luke Kanies wrote:
> On Oct 13, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Joel Nimety wrote:
> 
> 
> That would be a completely new subsystem to transactions -- instant
> action.  The 'notify' and 'subscribe' mechanisms all just involve
> queues.
> 
> I'm not entirely convinced that's the right solution, since it's not
> come up before; I'd prefer to find a way to fit it into the current
> design, rather than adding new functionality.

I don't know anything of the puppet internals so I can't speak to the
complexity of any internal solution. But, I do think a puppet specific
solution would be very useful and has some compelling advantages.

 * Allows for consistent and standardized backups via filebucket
 * Can be used by any custom type or exec, no duplication of code

> The augeas type could do this itself, of course -- automatically back
> up any files it should be notifying -- without adding a new subsystem.

Are you suggesting I can add a backup call in the augeas plugin?  I
hadn't considered that.  What about "SimpleText" file edits?

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