Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06:21 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: Russell Jackson <raj@csub.edu>, ports@freebsd.org, cherry@trombik.org Subject: Re: Race condition in puppet. Message-ID: <b2807d040807180636v6ed14109lbbe658ea9f8d441c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0807180326p3bc98466p33a5e33e4736f78b@mail.gmail.com> References: <b2807d040807172150udfd266eva24f88c3b125dab6@mail.gmail.com> <48805B1B.3070709@csub.edu> <7d6fde3d0807180326p3bc98466p33a5e33e4736f78b@mail.gmail.com>
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I second that. I would really like to have a non devel port as well. However I believe 2 versions would be an overkill. The last but one should be a more feasible options. Thanks Subhro On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Russell Jackson <raj@csub.edu> wrote: >> sysutils/puppet-devel (0.24.x) is actually the current release. >> >> Personally, I think sysutils/puppet should be removed and >> sysutils/puppet-devel promoted in its place. > > Russell, > I disagree. Given the release cycle of puppet (seems to vary > between 1 ~ 5 months per major release), I think it would be wise to > avoid making the -devel port the default as not all admins may be > willing to port their infrastructures to the latest version of puppet, > unless pushed to do so out of necessity. > I do think that the non-devel version should lag at most 2 > versions (possibly 1 at most) behind the latest version though to > avoid making the lives of some admins difficult. > Sometimes devs can make mistakes in patch releases which cause > regressions in behavior, or they might not have the resources or the > visibility to test on all target platforms. Not supposed to happen, > but it does on occasion. Hence, the long qualifying period between > release and deployment with high-risk administration environments. > My 2 cents... > -Garrett > -- Subhro Kar Software Engineer Dynamic Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd. EPY-3, Sector: V Salt Lake City 700091 India
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