On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Kyle Cordes <[email protected]> wrote: > Ouch. This seems like: > > a) a really awful choice for the Debian / Ub packages
Yep. > b) a feature that Puppet would be much better off without. > > > I can't imagine a compelling use case for a "pound on the server > continuously" setting; and I'm not surprised, with some years of > software development experience, to find that given the existence of > such a capability, that someone would set it as the *default*. Just because you can't imagine it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I use -w 0 intentionally and happily, and there is a compelling use case for my environment. I can't go into it without getting into internal details I can't discuss, but, like most settings in Puppet, I believe it exists for a reason. > By the way, how do you install puppetd, on Deb systems? > > a) use the Debian-provided package, then go back and edit the settings > > b) make your own package I definitely recommend this route over all the others. We maintain our own repository of Debian packages for things the Debian packagers have screwed up, or things we really need to be newer, etc. > c) some other means, not using a package Don't do this on Debian machines, it will only end in tears ;-) --Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
