[[chef-dev]] Re: [[chef-dev]] ohai[:virtualization][:emulator] key name

[Seth Chisamore < >]

+1 for standardizing this. If we are worried about not breakign anyone you 
could also just ensure the value is available under both the 'emulator' and 
'system' keys. This could be done fairly easily in the top level 
virtualization plugin:
https://github.com/opscode/ohai/blob/master/lib/ohai/plugins/virtualization.rb

Seth

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On Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Bryan McLellan wrote:
There's a proposal to change [:virtualization][:emulator] to
> [:virtualization][:system] for the Linux virtualization plugin (and
> probably the new Solaris plugin that is based on it) in ohai to match
> up with the BSD plugin.
> 
> Now would be the time to do it, as it is a breaking change for some
> people, because we're getting ready to release ohai 0.6.0 with chef
> 0.10.0.
> 
> What opinions does everyone have on what it should be, and if it
> should be changed?
> 
> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/OHAI-222
> 
> Bryan
>