[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Centralized cookbook-library repos vs distributed cookbook repos

[Adam Jacob < >]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Alex Soto 
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 wrote:
> great discussion, definitely a pain I'm experiencing while trying to use 
> the platform is how to have my repo, have recipes from other repos and 
> still track upstream changes and hopefully contribute back.
>
> I think using git is a fair assumption for most of us early adopters.  For 
> the few that don't, a tarball is what you get.
>
> I don't want to sound as elitist of git vs other scm's.  It's actually for 
> efficiency.  The chef community isn't large enough to give all this 
> flexibility to everyone.  Git is the chosen tool for the time being.  
> Sooner or later, someone else will scratch their itch for svn, mercurial, 
> etc or other better workflows will emerge.  Like water flowing downhill, 
> someone will find the path of least resistance, but in the meantime, don't 
> put too many hurdles in front of the community at large for the few in the 
> minority.

Is the workflow I outlined earlier not efficient enough still? (How
much smaller can I make it? :)

Adam

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