[Gluster-users] Meta-discussion

[James]

On Thu, 2013-01-03 at 10:15 -0500, John Mark Walker wrote:
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> > 
> > After a hard time learning how gluster works, I made a puppet module
> > [1]
> > for exactly this reason. It's definitely a more complicated module
> > that
> > does more (some sysadmins don't want it to do this much), however it
> > *does* show how to get a working gluster setup if you look through
> > it,
> > or run it. Conversely, I hope that the real gluster experts out there
> > check it out and add optimisations to it. What better way to get
> > users
> > trying out gluster if they have a turn key, deployment solution
> > available.
> 
> That's great. Would you like to present your handiwork at a Puppetcamp in the near future? We can sponsor your travel.
Wow, that would be especially cool. I think I'd be honoured to.

> 
> > 
> > This wasn't meant as a plug, it is Free Software after all, but
> > you're
> > free to use and share it as a means to help new users figure out
> > gluster
> > in the face of missing docs. I think this is a good way to learn.
> 
> By all means, plug away. This is the perfect place to do that. 
You're bad for my ego.

> 
> > 
> > Hope this was a useful comment,
> > James
> > [1] https://github.com/purpleidea/puppet-gluster
> 
> Great. Can you also add to the conversation at this page? 
> http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Planning34/PuppetModule
Okay-- Can I overhaul this a bit?

> 
> You seem to have made the most progress, so I'd like to see you take the lead and flesh out the features and other descriptive text on that page, with a link to your GitHub repo.
Thanks! I'll try and whip something up. Is it okay if I make my changes
on a new wiki page to avoid squashing anyone's work there while in edit?
> 
> Thanks,
> JM
My pleasure,
James

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