[chef] Re: Re: Re: Chef 11 Attribute Changes -- Computed Attributes Edition

[Phil Dibowitz < >]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2012 at 06:12:43PM -0800, Daniel DeLeo wrote:
> In what cases do you use this behavior?
> 
> And, in the case of defaults, you can go to normal or override attributes 
> if you must. Do you find yourself frequently overriding role overrides in 
> recipes?

All over the place... roles request stuff we want, and in certain cases we
determine based on the runtime environment that we can't do that.

But I shouldn't have to use override. Obviously I *can*, but it defeats the
whole purpose of the predecence hierarchy within a given precedence level.

Plus, as Adam would say, you have no runway. We went from a 14-level runway,
to a 2-level runway. Someone goes "override" in a role and you're fucked.

I see no reason why recipes shouldn't win - we can accomplish everything
desired and still have the Attribute collapse such that recipes win.

Runtime data should *always* win over static data.

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