-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Although the config management that comes with Spacewalk/Satellite isn't as feature-rich as some other alternatives, it is the only real existing built-in revision system into the Satellite. I'd strongly suggest trying to find a way to tie the two together instead of coming up with something completely new.
Thanks. Brandon Coe, Colin C. (Unix Engineer) wrote: > Hi > > Not really sure what you're saying here. My intent is to do versioning of > the kickstart profile by logging changes to the KS profile (package > adds/removes, partitioning changes, script changes, etc) into the DB. > > Now that I think about it, it might make more sense to have a seperate table > with columns of ks_id, change_id, description and date. That way you could > get all the changes for a KS profile if you wanted of all changes within a > date range. > > I'd also meant to state that currently I store the changelog manually at the > top of the KS post script but this is painful and requires all people > modifying the KS profile to do the same but experience has shown this not to > be the case. > > CC > ________________________________________ > From: spacewalk-devel-boun...@redhat.com [spacewalk-devel-boun...@redhat.com] > On Behalf Of gerhardus.geldenh...@gta-travel.com > [gerhardus.geldenh...@gta-travel.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2009 6:54 PM > To: spacewalk-devel@redhat.com > Subject: RE: [Spacewalk-devel] RFC: Automatic kickstart profile changelogging > > Hi, > > >> I'd like to try and implement automatic changelogging of kickstart profiles. >> I want to do this as I'm required by my employer to show how >the 'build >> process' changes with respect to our RHEL technical workstations and cluster >> nodes (230+ nodes all up). >> >> I figure that I'd add two new columns to table 'rhnKSData' being: >> - 'changeLog' (type blob); and >> - 'changeVersion' (type number). >> >> When a new kickstart profile is created a note to that effect is stored in >> changeLog with a date/time stamp. Whenever the kickstart profile >is >> updated, a description of the change is written to changeLog. >> >> The purpose of this email is to find out if anyone is already working on >> something like this or if there are any objections. > > I don't have any objections but it does sound only a step away from > versioning the kickstarts or changes. For me personally that would be first > price. I would rather have "change comments" as part of the change then > stored separately. Maybe long term we could have a versioning plug-in that > facilitates storing versioned information of kickstarts/scripts(anything else > relevant). You could still keep the version in the database as "authoritave" > and show versions if available, that way if your underlying svn, git, > whatever breaks it does not break spacewalk. > > Regards > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-devel mailing list > Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel > > NOTICE: This email and any attachments are confidential. > They may contain legally privileged information or > copyright material. You must not read, copy, use or > disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an > intended recipient, please contact us at once by return > email and then delete both messages and all attachments. > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-devel mailing list > Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJZQ5ChwQhj8l1t/cRApSoAKCmOlwQpwnXTce7pwF/IQf5TIbZ7QCeLj6T 8K4LcCLnUt5cqhHbNuwZ7gk= =YybO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Spacewalk-devel mailing list Spacewalk-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-devel
