> Kevin Fenzi (kevin@xxxxxxxxx) said:
> > > 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?
> >
> > An excellent question. ;)
> >
> > I guess my instinct is to just target initial setup. If something is
> > improved/changed in the formula they could re-run it and get those
> > improvements. But the issue would be:
> >
> > run LAMP stack formula
> > use it, setup some sites, reconfigure things as you want them
> > new formula version comes out.
> > re-run new formula
> >
> > Does the new formula then mess up your existing config?
> > Or can we have things setup in such a way that we don't touch it if
> > it's been further configured, but this opens up a pretty big can of
> > worms.
>
> I think an initial goal would be that any updated formula changes
> the package set accordingly, but doesn't touch the configuration.
>
> Perhaps it should even operate on the principle that it never touches
> the configuration unless it's already RPM-clean? (i.e., not changed
> since package installation.)
That seems like a reasonable approach. I can't think of any examples offhand where that would be a bad policy.
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John Florian
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