[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Role Versioning?

[Brian Akins < >]

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:56 AM, Torben Knerr 
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 wrote:
> I would even go that far and state that using search "recipe:*" is an
> antipattern and should not be used in community cookbooks (due to the
> include_recipe flaws).

I think it's an anti-pattern, but not because of the "flaw" in
include_recipe.  I don't like cookbook A having to know implementation
details about cookbook B. That's why I like the "service registry"
approach: node A says I have this service with these attributes (who
cares from which cookbook) and node B can ask for all the nodes (and
service attributes) that have that service.  I can make the same
argument about depending on  certain roles for search, etc - it seems
to expose (and lock you into) certain implementation details.

--Brian