[chef] Re: github.com:opscode/cookbooks cf cookbooks.opscode.com

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

The Opscode cookbook community site is effectively a package index, like PyPI 
or RubyGems.org (cookbooks are the unit of packaging for Chef). It is 
provided by Opscode as a convenience to the community. The official Opscode 
cookbooks (which are those in Opscode's cookbooks repo) are listed there, but 
so are many created by others.

--Noah

On May 1, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Hedge Hog wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone clarify the relation between these two?
> 
> The github site states:
> "This repository is Opscode's published, public cookbooks for Chef."
> suggesting you might expect there is no difference.
> 
> And:
> "This repository is considered "in development." Released versions of
> our cookbooks are posted on the Opscode Cookbook Community Site."
> suggesting you might expect the github repo to be ahead of
> cookbooks.opscode.com, but stil expect that the github repo contain
> (somewhere in the git history) what is downloadable via
> cookbooks.opscode.com
> 
> However, in the last few days its been clear that something can show
> up on cookbooks.opscode.com, but not be in the github repo.
> IMO that is perfectly fine.  I'd just like to know if this is an
> aberation, or ought to be expected?
> 
> Best wishes.
> 
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