[Puppet-dev] Re: Draft for new type and provider API

2017-02-05 Thread Corey Osman
One improvement I would like to see with the provider API is around getting the current state. I see many beginners including myself trying to add way more complexity than required in the exists? method. One would think that you in order to figure out if the resource exists that you should jus

Re: [Puppet-dev] Draft for new type and provider API

2017-02-05 Thread Martin Alfke
Hi David, I found some time digging into your proposal. It seems as if we are following completely different approaches. I hope that my email will not upset or offend you. Usually I hear lot of people complaining, that types and providers are the most complex thing todo with Puppet. Especially