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Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
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@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Design | Define target state, do not focus on methods or scripts
Design | Push architecture: Instantly apply your changes Design | Push architecture: Instantly apply your changes
Small core | cdist's core is very small - less code, less bugs Small core | cdist's core is very small - less code, less bugs
Fast development | Focus on straightforwardness of type creation is a main development objective Fast development | Focus on straightforwardness of type creation is a main development objective
Modern Programming Language | cdist is written in Python
Requirements, Scalability | No central server needed, cdist operates in push mode and can be run from any computer Requirements, Scalability | No central server needed, cdist operates in push mode and can be run from any computer
Requirements, Scalability, Upgrade | cdist only needs to be updated on the master, not on the target hosts Requirements, Scalability, Upgrade | cdist only needs to be updated on the master, not on the target hosts
Requirements, Security | Uses well-know [SSH](http://www.openssh.com/) as transport protocol Requirements, Security | Uses well-know [SSH](http://www.openssh.com/) as transport protocol
Requirements, Simplicity | Requires only shell and SSH server on the target Requirements, Simplicity | Requires only shell and SSH server on the target
UNIX | Reuse of existing tools like cat, find, mv, ... UNIX | Reuse of existing tools like cat, find, mv, ...
UNIX, familar environment, documentation | Is available as manpages and HTML UNIX, familar environment, documentation | Is available as manpages and HTML
UNIX, simplicity, familar environment | cdist is written in POSIX shell
UNIX, simplicity, familar environment | cdist is configured in POSIX shell UNIX, simplicity, familar environment | cdist is configured in POSIX shell
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### Server ### Server
* A posix like shell * A posix like shell
* Python (>= 3.2 required)
* SSH-Client * SSH-Client
### Client ("target host") ### Client ("target host")
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There are at least the following branches available: There are at least the following branches available:
* Development: master * Development: master
* Current Stable: 1.7 (Bugfixes, cleanups, new type and explorer rename) * 2.0: Python rewrite
Old versions: Old versions:
* 1.7: Bugfixes, cleanups, new type and explorer rename
* 1.6: New types, cleaned up \_\_package* types, internal cleanup * 1.6: New types, cleaned up \_\_package* types, internal cleanup
* 1.5: Focus on object orientation instead of global stage orientation * 1.5: Focus on object orientation instead of global stage orientation
* 1.4: Support for redefiniton of objects (if equal) * 1.4: Support for redefiniton of objects (if equal)
@ -129,13 +131,12 @@ may vanish at any point. To select a specific branch use
git checkout -b <name> origin/<name> git checkout -b <name> origin/<name>
# Stay on a specific version # Stay on a specific version
version=1.7 version=2.0
git checkout -b $version origin/$version git checkout -b $version origin/$version
### Mirrors ### Mirrors
* git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git ([github](https://github.com/telmich/cdist)) * git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git ([github](https://github.com/telmich/cdist))
* git://git.sans.ethz.ch/cdist ([sans](http://git.sans.ethz.ch/?p=cdist;a=summary))
## Update ## Update
@ -151,6 +152,8 @@ If you stay on a version branche (i.e. 1.0, 1.1., ...), nothing should break.
The master branch on the other hand is the development branch and may not be The master branch on the other hand is the development branch and may not be
working, break your setup or eat the tree in your garden. working, break your setup or eat the tree in your garden.
### Upgrading from 1.7 to 2.0
### Upgrading from 1.6 to 1.7 ### Upgrading from 1.6 to 1.7
* If you used the global explorer **hardware_type**, you need to change * If you used the global explorer **hardware_type**, you need to change

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- Replace bin/cdist-type-template - Replace bin/cdist-type-template
- Allow manifest to be read from stdin - Allow manifest to be read from stdin
- Create new video for cdist 2.0.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRMjzy48eTI