Comments on: Installing Puppet from GIT on Debian Etch. http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/2008/11/installing-puppet-from-git-on-debian-etch/ Linux, Opensource, Devops and randomness... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:13:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Professor Falken http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/2008/11/installing-puppet-from-git-on-debian-etch/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Professor Falken Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:57:55 +0000 http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/?p=20#comment-20 Version of Puppet in Debian Etch: 0.20.1-1 Version of Puppet in Backports: puppet (0.24.4-8~bpo40+1) Current Version of Puppet from GIT: 0.24.6 which includes a huge number of feature upgrades and bug fixes over the BPO version (http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/UPGRADE). So in short, I install from source because it provides more features. I take your point about the automatic updates, however if you're subscribed to the puppet mailing list, new releases and patches are announced and it's simply a case of checking out the code and re-running the install steps. If I had the time I'd offer to help maintain the packages, but I dont and I need the features in 0.25+ so I patch the software myself. PF. Version of Puppet in Debian Etch: 0.20.1-1

Version of Puppet in Backports: puppet (0.24.4-8~bpo40+1)

Current Version of Puppet from GIT: 0.24.6 which includes a huge number of feature upgrades and bug fixes over the BPO version (http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/UPGRADE).

So in short, I install from source because it provides more features.

I take your point about the automatic updates, however if you’re subscribed to the puppet mailing list, new releases and patches are announced and it’s simply a case of checking out the code and re-running the install steps.

If I had the time I’d offer to help maintain the packages, but I dont and I need the features in 0.25+ so I patch the software myself.

PF.

]]> By: Prasinos http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/2008/11/installing-puppet-from-git-on-debian-etch/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Prasinos Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:18:06 +0000 http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/?p=20#comment-19 Why would you want to install from source? You are not changing anything in the app, you are not really learning anything, so there is no point really... Installing from source in this case has many disadvantages, but the most important is that you lose the benefit of automatic *security* updates. Why would you want to install from source? You are not changing anything in the app, you are not really learning anything, so there is no point really…

Installing from source in this case has many disadvantages, but the most important is that you lose the benefit of automatic *security* updates.

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