- always save cache = outdir - even if run aborts (for debugging) - add a state flag - save cache in a date based directory - also add support for a per-host pidfile - allow user to specify cache dir - to give full flexibility - drop context - it is a very small unecessary wrapper - maye introduce cdist.log instead! - replace out_path with out_base - directory under which all the subdirectories are created -> by default ~/.cdist/run -> out_base_path - drop support for deprecated environment variables __cdist_out_dir __cdist_remote_out_dir