[chef] Batali Cookbook Dep Solver

[Michael Weinberg < >]

Hi All,

We're really excited to share a recent Heavy Water Labs project, Batali, a lightweight cookbook dependency solver that "does one thing well."

We've got a nice write up about it here: 

http://hw-ops.com/blog/2015/03/17/batali/

The TL;DR on our rationale for Batali:

1. Just solves dependencies, no workflow required or supplied, and no repo structure dictated.

2. Performs least-impact updates by default, so an update doesn't pull in unexpected changes.

3. Solves for your entire infrastructure, including incompatible dependency trees for independent nodes/run lists. 

The project is hosted here:

https://github.com/hw-labs/batali

Batali is currently in a stable alpha state, and we're actively using it for internal projects. 

Enjoy!

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Michael F. Weinberg | Director of Operations

http://heavywaterops.com | @heavywaterops