[Pkg-puppet-devel] puppet version management

[Anthony BERGER]

Le 28/07/2010 16:07, micah anderson a écrit :
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:58:15 +0200, Anthony BERGER<anthony.berger at cea.fr>  wrote:
>    
>> Le 28/07/2010 03:56, micah anderson a écrit :
>>      
>>> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41:24 +0200, Anthony BERGER<anthony.berger at cea.fr>   wrote:
>>>
>>>        
>>>> hi
>>>>
>>>> i try to contact you to get informations about the puppet versions.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to get your opinion; opinion from the maintainers
>>>>
>>>> what is the best way to manage the debian puppet versions.
>>>> I have debian etch, lenny and next squeeze manage by puppet. (lots of
>>>> configuration)
>>>> My puppetmaster is running on a lenny server and can not be easily updated.
>>>>
>>>> what do you think is the best way to use squeeze client on the existing
>>>> infrastructure ?
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Use backports.org.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> ok
>> thank you
>> but lenny backport puppet version is older than squeeze puppet version :
>>
>> http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=puppet&searchon=names&section=all&suite=lenny-backports
>> http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=squeeze&searchon=names&keywords=puppet
>>      
> Not by much, nor by any version difference that is consequential:
>
> debian:
>      puppet |   0.24.5-3 |        stable | source, all
>      puppet |   0.25.5-1 |       testing | source, all
>      puppet |   0.25.5-1 |      unstable | source, all
>      puppet |    2.6.0-1 |  experimental | source, all
> bpo:
>      puppet | 0.25.4-2~bpo50+1 | lenny-backports | source, all
>
>    
>> is it normal ?
>>      
> I try to keep the backport current and in line with the testing
> version. But i am very busy with organizing Debconf right now, so I am
> not sure when I will be able to bump that.
>
>    

Ok, it was just a question.
not easy to do all we want/should be. !

>> but in order to use the etch client on a squeeze master or a lenny
>> backported master; the etch backport is not sufficient.
>> Want i have to do with the etch puppet ?
>>      
> Honestly, you should not be running etch, it is no longer
> supported. Support ended for etch on 2010-02-15.
>
> micah
>    

yes, i know,
in paradise.... all on lenny... and a day after... all on squeeze...  
not possible..
it should be but it can not.

some code calculations only run on etch... lot of computers... not so 
much time... and we got a heterogeneous OS.

the short time of support is a problem in a production environnement...