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

[Peter Donald < >]

Hi,

It seems like this is an attempt to jury-rig something onto the chef
model rather than changing the model. It seems like the use case is
actually adhoc execution of commands/resource installation using the
chef syntax? If so why not add the ability to distribute a one-shot
command to chef clients when needed. Then these application deploys
and/or apt-get upgrades or whatever could be run through this system
and regular infrastructure maintenance can continue to use the
existing approach. I think trying to merge the two approaches may lead
to a bit of complexity when adopting chef.

The one place where I can see a useful to have an include/exclude is
in the resolution of cookbook dependencies. I can quiet easily see
that it is unnecessary to have a apt cookbook in a chef server if you
are only deploying to redhat infrastructure. It would be nice to add
an exclude and be done with it.

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Cheers,

Peter Donald