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<br><tt><font size=2>formulas-devel-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org wrote
on 02/12/2013 15:36:02:<br>
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> From: Ryan Rix <ry@n.rix.si></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> To: Development discussion for formulas <formulas-<br>
> devel@lists.fedorahosted.org></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> Date: 02/12/2013 15:36</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> Subject: Re: Welcome and discussion starter</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> Sent by: formulas-devel-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org</font></tt>
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> On Tue 12 February 2013 15:13:27 John.Florian@dart.biz wrote:<br>
> > With <br>
> > something like puppet, the formula/recipe/manifest thingy is
intended to <br>
> > be idempotent so that reapplying to things already in the correct
state is <br>
> > harmless, yet if the manifest has been changed then the targeted
resources <br>
> > will be affected accordingly.<br>
> <br>
> So is Ansible</font></tt>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">That's what I figured. So the
question(s) simply comes down to, "Do we want the formulas to be applied
perpetually, or just initially?" If just initially, should the
formulas provide support for handling updates to existing deployments as
those formulas evolve?</font>
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--<br>
John Florian</font>
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