[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Ruby, Chef, Omnibus and you!

[Alex Kiernan < >]

On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Adam Jacob 
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 wrote:
> The short answer: yes. Nothing about the omnibus approach make this harder, 
> and the alternative is untenable today - target the lowest common 
> denominator (rhel 4, honestly, for a while longer) for everyone.
>
> For the vast majority of dependencies, having to keep track of security 
> updates is already a born cost.
>

One issue we've run into a couple of times now is the omnibus build
dependencies (yajl-ruby etc.) where newer versions make the ancient
ruby in rhel 5.5 core dump - we've just been picking through to
hardcode last working versions into our build script.

> If we want to deliver a sane, viable experience on every platform, this is 
> the way forward, in my opinion.
>

+1

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Alex Kiernan