Cookbook distribution

Chef Infra (archive)
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From the discussion last night, I pulled out a couple of things:

  1. People really want the “all cookbooks to all nodes” quirk fixed. :slight_smile:
  2. I really want to avoid parsing the recipes, even in a text mode, on
    the server, in an attempt to discover dependencies.

I think we can solve both of these problems in the short term by doing
the following:

  • Implement just enough of the Roles concept to allow for the Chef
    Server to determine the proper set of cookbooks
  • Extend the File and Template directory structures to allow for
    per-recipe files and templates, in addition to cookbook-wide ones.

That should provide both of the things Miguel requires, and moves the
ball forward a little. Does that work for you, Miguel?

We’re going to ship 0.6.0 tomorrow, and try and stick to a two-week
release cycle after that. Fixing this (and the attribute ordering
issue) are two high priorities for 0.6.2.

Adam

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Opscode, Inc.
Adam Jacob, CTO
T: (206) 508-4759 E: adam@opscode.com

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Hi,

  • Implement just enough of the Roles concept to allow for the Chef
    Server to determine the proper set of cookbooks
  • Extend the File and Template directory structures to allow for
    per-recipe files and templates, in addition to cookbook-wide ones.

That should provide both of the things Miguel requires, and moves the
ball forward a little. Does that work for you, Miguel?

I think it's a good step forward :slight_smile:

I'll be looking forward for the 0.6.2 release.

Miguel