[Puppet-users] Wierd issue with node declaration

[Luke Kanies]

On Jul 6, 2007, at 12:09 PM, Brent Clements wrote:

> My apologies. I was making more of a general statement rather than  
> implying specifics.

I understand that, and I didn't mean "you" specifically.  I've just  
found that the biggest difference between those who can contribute  
code and those who can't is that those who can have tried to do so,  
and those who can't have not.

I think most of you would be surprised at how easy it is to contribute.

Remember, good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes  
from bad judgement.  The only way to get good at something is to be  
wrong as often and as spectacularly as possible.  I think I'm pretty  
patient with users, but I'm fabulously patient with developers -- I  
really want others helping with the code base, and I'll gladly walk  
you through any patches you provide, providing feedback and advice.

Feel free to ping, say, Jeff McCune or Matt Palmer if you have  
doubts.  Both of them started in the community with no apparent plans  
to develop, yet both of them have added significant functionality to  
the code base.

That being said, if anyone has any recommendations on things I can do  
to make it easier to contribute, I'm all ears.  Feel free to email me  
directly if you prefer.

One thing I think would help is to convert to a distributed version  
control system, since SVN and its ilk make it harder to maintain your  
own branches while you're experimenting.

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  The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get
  up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
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