<Tekni> 15:49:55 hrmm.. I'm getting a parse error reading a file in Pkgmgr, but bcfg2-repo-validate appears happy
16:00:08 <desai> that is really weird
16:02:21 <Tekni> might have just been the gamin delay
16:06:04 <desai> that would make more sense
16:06:26 <Tekni> that, and i forgot to duplicate an OS group
16:07:18 <Tekni> and it looks like I'll need to upgrade from some 0.8.3pre on sparc ;)
16:08:47 <desai> ACTION grins
16:10:36 <kisielk_conf> I was just thinking about some things the other day
16:11:25 <kisielk_conf> ever thought of having a generator that generates a file completely progmatically, with a script? or is that already possible with TGenshi?
16:12:10 <desai> you could do that with TGenshi/TCheetah already, but you probably don't want to spawn an external script if you can help it; the fork/exec overhead is pretty high (so config gen times get pretty high)
16:12:30 <desai> bcfg1 had a direct callout mechanism like that, but we got rid of it since it was pretty slow
16:13:36 <kisielk_conf> hm yeah
16:13:54 <kisielk_conf> good point
17:10:23 <bcfg2gozerbot> bcfg2-timeline: Ticket #558 (enhancement created): allow hard links to be specified
17:16:25 <bcfg2gozerbot> bcfg2-timeline: Ticket #559 (defect created): psyco breaks TCheetah
17:40:04 <kisielk_conf> I don't understand that bug
17:40:56 <kisielk_conf> afaik you have to explicitly use Psyco in your Python code
17:41:45 <kisielk_conf> oh, I see, Core.py uses psyco
18:16:08 <desai> yeah, conditionally
18:16:28 <desai> (since psyco only works on 32 bit intel systems)
18:16:33 <kisielk_conf> right
18:16:38 <desai> it is fixed in svn now
18:16:53 <bcfg2gozerbot> bcfg2-timeline: Ticket #559 (defect closed): psyco breaks TCheetah || Changeset [4607]: Disable psyco due to Cheetah problems (Resolves Ticket #559)
18:17:16 <desai> ACTION likes the gozerbot
18:17:46 <kisielk_conf> I was trying to figure out how the Rules plugin works
18:17:54 <kisielk_conf> but I guess I don't understand the architecture
18:24:04 <desai> do you use Pkgmgr?
18:24:26 <desai> if so, is it the same thing, except that it supports different entry types (and not the special package-specific stuff)
18:24:43 <desai> let me see if i can give you a quick overview
18:25:08 <desai> rules are specified inside of a sort of configuration scope (which is a group, or series of groups)
18:25:23 <desai> xml entries inside of Group elements only apply to clients in that group
18:25:48 <desai> likewise, nested group elements are conjunctions, so entries inside of such combinations only apply to clients that are in all groups nested
18:26:42 <desai> when an entry is bound, the rules plugin looks for rules that apply to that client (which could be in multiple files in the Rules dierctory)
18:26:54 <desai> and uses the one with the highest priority
18:27:06 <desai> (each file is labelled thusly)
18:27:18 <desai> does that make sense?
18:27:41 <kisielk_conf> right, I meant code wise
18:28:14 <desai> ah
18:28:18 <kisielk_conf> I've just been poking at the internals
18:28:35 <desai> you mean the fact that the Rules.py file is nearly empty ;)
18:29:07 <desai> the PrioDir plugin implements all fo that logic
18:29:45 <desai> it is a plugin that treats each file in the spool as a source, and depends on a lower-level class (INode or PNode) for the rule contents
18:29:52 <desai> do you have specific questions?
18:36:16 <kisielk_conf> sorry, had to move
18:36:38 <kisielk_conf> well, I was just trying to figure out how the whole flow of things goes
18:37:17 <desai> the priodir class keeps the collection of file objects
18:37:52 <desai> each of which has a an associated priority and a method that will return matching rules (for a client and entry type and name)
18:38:25 <desai> so bind calls in with a client, entry pair, and priodir binds it
18:38:38 <desai> also, priodir keeps a dictionary for entries that it manages
18:38:58 <kisielk_conf> I see
18:39:03 <desai> so that the server core can pick directly which plugin to use for binding
18:58:17 <bcfg2gozerbot> /me likes desai, too
18:58:32 <solj> almost:-)
19:24:06 <desai> ACTION grins