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Wild-eyed thinking aloud: Python System Management Infrastructure

Ng Pheng Siong ngps at madcap.dyndns.org
Wed Aug 8 12:41:25 EDT 2001 
According to François Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca>:
> About `cfengine', I tried it very seriously and for a long while, and
> despite seduced by the idea, came to regret having used this package, for
> its lack of maintainability.  But as I became much dependent on
> `cfengine', it was just not possible for me to dismiss it.  So, after
> having sufferred enough, I bit the bullet, and rewrote those parts I
> needed in Python.  What a relief!  That was much, much more maintainable.

Cool! If your enhancements are redistributable, it's a good idea to 
send them to the developer of cfengine for inclusion in future versions.

I once considered cfengine, too. In the end, I settled for TSTTCPW: using
ssh/scp to push files around and remote control the machines.



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