[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Invidious choices 301: Chef (0.10.4) vs Cucumber (1.1.0)

[Hedge Hog < >]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 8:08 AM, AJ Christensen 
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> On 20 October 2011 09:57, Hedge Hog 
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>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:33 AM, Daniel DeLeo 
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>>>> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Hedge Hog 
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>>>> > > Currently it appears that it is not possible to have both cucumber 
>>>> > > and
>>>> > > chef in the same bundle/Gemfile:
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>>>> > > Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "json":
>>>> > >  In Gemfile:
>>>> > >  chef (~> 0.10.4) ruby depends on
>>>> > >  json (<= 1.5.2, >= 1.4.4) ruby
>>>> > >
>>>> > >  cucumber (>= 1.1.0) ruby depends on
>>>> > >  json (1.5.4)
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>>> Feel free to contribute a patch.
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>> Ok, but last I looked there were restrictions (and understandable
>> ones) on who could making patch contributions?
>> Has this changed?
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> You have to sign a CLA or CCLA, but that's standard Apache license
> shit. IANAL, read this for the full details:
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt
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> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/Chef/How+to+Contribute
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> I've been a contributor since 0.5 with little restrictions imposed:
> I'd highly recommend it.

Would that all employers be so enlightened/understanding :)

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> –AJ
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>>> We're very conservative with the JSON gem because of a painful experience 
>>> where it was not working correctly with ohai for several months. That 
>>> said, I believe some users have tested the latest JSON gem and it fixes a 
>>> bug for RHEL users so it would be good to pick up the update.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dan DeLeo
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πόλλ' οἶδ ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα
[The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.]
  Archilochus, Greek poet (c. 680 BC – c. 645 BC)
http://hedgehogshiatus.com