[chef-dev] Re: CHEF-2988 allowed_recipes, restricted_recipes, and override_recipes

[John Vincent < >]

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Bryan McLellan 
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 wrote:
> Let's talk about this patch and what the design gives us versus what
> it locks us into.
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> http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2988 - Run List Modifiers
>
> Provides three new options to modify run lists:
>
> --allowed-recipes: Restricts what recipes are allowed in the run list
> to only those provided. This restriction is not applied to recipe
> dependencies.
> --restricted-recipes: Restricts provided recipes from running. If a
> restricted recipe is a dependency of another recipe, neither are
> allowed to run.
> --override-runlist: Replaces the current run list with provided run
> list. This override is only applied for the current run.
> -----------

My personal opinion is that it's a hack and encourages bad practice.
If your client runs are slow, fix that. If you don't trust your runs,
fix that. This is a path of madness and surprises all the way around.

Again, personal opinion.