From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QOpR7-0001nG-C1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 11:06:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D6E4E1C462 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 11:06:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BD91C45D for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 10:11:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com ([209.85.210.181]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QOoa6-002d3E-EV for gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:11:18 +0700 Received: by iyb26 with SMTP id 26so7095756iyb.40 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 03:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.169.74 with SMTP id a10mr4466203icz.306.1306231872107; Tue, 24 May 2011 03:11:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.221.202 with HTTP; Tue, 24 May 2011 03:11:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:11:12 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Managing multiple servers. From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b5086a4fdb1cbfee4c4054cdbf0b0894 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 16:19, Robert Bridge wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> So, do you think it will be wise to create a management tool >> explicitly for Gentoo (with its quirks such as ~masks, USE flags, >> portage/env, and so-on), or just rely on Puppet? > > Without commenting on the wisdom of creating a gentoo specific > management tool, one observation I would make is that Puppet and Chef > are both written in Ruby. For some, this won't be an issue, but for > others, the requirement for Ruby and Python on production servers will > be a concern. > > Then again, you can expect Python to exist on a Gentoo server, no? -- Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ Visit my Blog: http://pepoluan.posterous.com