I mean ansible-devel here, not ansible-project. Feel free to join the development list when you get a chance!
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > This is more of a topic for ansible-project. > > In many cases Ansible doesn't wish to add extra dependencies for remote > modules and the CLI commands are sufficient. > > In other cases, we want to do something a lot more involved (like work > with OpenStack) where the library is the most logical and stable option. > > It all depends basically. > > In some cases, an underlying API may be very fragile by platform - > basically rarely updated random packages on PyPi are not things we like to > link against, nor do we like to use packages that are not available in EPEL. > > We almost never try to parse output, but it's fine to shell out to a Unix > command and interrogate a return code, and keeps our dependencies down and > in many cases the app is more reliable. > > > > > On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Mathew Davies < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So I was thinking about some of the modules implemented in ansible. >> >> A few of them just proxy through to unix commands while others will use a >> Python API when it exists. Can someone explain the advantages and >> disadvantages for both? >> >> I can only think of an API being more programmer friendly for getting >> back return codes, calling functions instead of commands etc ... >> >> Am I missing other points? I'm writing a few modules and don't want to >> feel bad for writing a command proxy when I could spend time writing a >> python API for my needs. >> >> Kind Regards, >> -Mathew Davies. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAN9G7bp0zibVn-5vWKwVNAh2RQSD9yyS%3DwmO22hyxKJnsaU2cw%40mail.gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAN9G7bp0zibVn-5vWKwVNAh2RQSD9yyS%3DwmO22hyxKJnsaU2cw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgxbO9MTD%2Bt9t7xX0%3Dv%3DpZyd48Qh9eqeGiqz-0bxvSTvvg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
