Merge branch 'master' into preos

docs/dev/logs/2013-01-03.dependency-issue

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+
+Problem shown by using __rbenv:
+
+__rbenv/nicotest
+    __git /home/nico/.rbenv
+        __package git
+        __directory /home/nico/.rbenv
+
+    require="__git/home/nico/.rbenv" 
+        __git /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
+            __package git
+            __directory /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
+
+
+1) if children do NOT automatically depend on their parents requiremnts
+
+    __directory /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build fails:
+        because __directory /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins is created by
+        __git /home/nico/.rbenv, but __directory /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
+        does not depend on __git /home/nico/.rbenv
+
+2) if children DO automatically depend on their parents requiremnts
+    __package git from __git /home/nico/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build depends on __git /home/nico/.rbenv.
+
+    __git  /home/nico/.rbenv depends on __package git (via autorequire)
+
+    => circular dependency, they depend on each other

docs/dev/logs/2014-02-13.discussion

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+With Steven
+
+t marker .cdist breaks
+    - use random marker that starts with .cdist-
+    - has fixed number of following characters (like 6 or 10)
+    - write marker name to $__global/marker
+    - export $__global/marker path as $__marker 
+    - document variable in cdist-reference
+        - also document the pattern how the marker is built
+          so that other people may be able to dig into the structure
+          from outside
+
+t save method
+    - in $__global/method
+    - values
+        - config
+        - install
+    - document path and description in cdist-reference
+
+t save whole runtime in cache
+    - missing items
+        - initial manifest may be specified on commandline
+            - always save the initial manifest to $__global/initial-manifest
+                - currently it is a lost tempfile
+        - remote exec / remote copy
+            - save to $__global/remote_exec
+            - save to $__global/remote_copy
+    - stdout and stderr of everything
+        - need to implement Steven's patch of stderr/stdout capturing
+    - exit code of cdist
+    - if it is complete, we can use it for replay / reconfigure
+
+- new idea: replay / reconfig / reinstall
+    - --from-cache?
+
+t stderr/stdout
+    - capture all messages
+    - prefix with target_host
+    - implementation exists in one of Steven's branches
+        - ping steven for updated pull request
+
+x on error dump all information about the failing object
+    - where created
+    - stderr
+    - stdout
+    - parameter (+values)
+    - everything known [tm]
+
+t multiple versions of cache
+    - see #298
+
+t absolute path of types, explorer
+    - resolve instead of using the temporary link name
+    - #305
+
+t report command
+    - from cache?
+    - #306
+
+t add session to "run directories"
+    - instead of /var/lib/cdist (remote)
+    - instead of static dir in cache 
+    - same id remote and local
+    - maybe timestamp
+        - in or excluding the pid of cdist?
+
+- cache
+    - also save when cdist fails
+    - save exit code
+    - be able to restore config
+
+- new command: cdist clean-cache
+    - --since
+    - --keep-versions --keep-lala $num
+
+- cdist 4.0.0pre2
+    - cleanup in preos
+
+- logging for types
+    cdist log ...?
+
+    - cdist logserver
+        - $__global/log.socket
+        - fifo?
+        echo into logpipe?
+

docs/dev/logs/2014-02-18.unauthenticated-packages

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+- we cannot install packages, which are not authenticated:
+
+INFO: voicerepublic-staging.sky.ungleich.ch: Executing code for __package_apt/deb-multimedia-keyring
+Reading package lists...
+Building dependency tree...
+Reading state information...
+The following NEW packages will be installed:
+  deb-multimedia-keyring
+  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
+  Need to get 14.4 kB of archives.
+  After this operation, 46.1 kB of additional disk space will be used.
+  WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
+    deb-multimedia-keyring
+    E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
+    ERROR: voicerepublic-staging.sky.ungleich.ch: Command failed: ssh -o User=root -q voicerepublic-staging.sky.ungleich.ch /bin/sh -e /var/lib/cdist/object/__package_apt/deb-multimedia-keyring/.cdist/code-remote
+    INFO: cdist: Total processing time for 1 host(s): 72.07943892478943
+    ERROR: cdist: Failed to configure the following hosts: voicerepublic-staging.sky.ungleich.ch
+