[chef] Re: RE: Augeas support

[Sam Darwin < >]

To summarize what Kevin said:

- You have a long and interesting config file with hundreds of lines.    This
file does change from version to version of the software.

- You want to change only one line such as timezone, and nothing more.

Given this scenario, which is better:  to modify a single line of the config
file, or to manage the entire file.

If you manage the entire file, you are compelled to be aware of the 
differences
from version to version, and also from OS to OS.   It's a rather big task.    
A
new version of the software will break your cookbook.    A release on a
different operating system such as FreeBSD might break your cookbook.

On the other hand, if you tweak one single config parameter such as timezone..
well, that's all that you do.