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+This document defines how to continue work on cdist:
+
+x Define how to get information from clients
+   x Create shell script that creates code to run on client (cdist-build-explorer)
+x Create configuration tree from manifest
+   x write binaries, which create the tree when called from manifest (cdist_tree_wrapper)
+- Parse configuration tree
+- Generate code to be executed on client
+- Cleanup / refactor