Thank you everyone for your feedback on this thread, it's much appreciated.
In light of the fact we were obviously removing useful functionality, regardless of whether it was a sanctioned API or not, we're putting back the paths functionality. See the following thread on puppet-dev for the details: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev/browse_thread/thread/f988609b7e271d4c -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.