[chef] Object-Oriented Chef

[Jos Backus < >]

Hi,

It would be nice if there was better support for the native Ruby Chef classes/methods aside from the Chef::Recipe DSL with its fixed structure of cookbooks/recipes, etc. It seems to me that with access to the run_context class and the various resources, one could implement multiple run/convergence queues easily enough (by instantiating different run_contexts and operating on them), for example, and it would also open up the ability to use traditional classes/modules for adding structure and reusability, rather than the limited Chef::Recipe API. I understand that the current DSL is concise, convenient for beginners and mimics what Puppet uses, but it lacks structural power.

Thoughts?

Jos