Ian C. Blenke wrote:
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>
> I stress the concept of "little switches" and "big switches" here. A
> "little switch" is a configuration option that an OpenSource package
> sees inside it's configuration file. A "big switch" is a configuration
> switch that we set for our metapackage to model the machine's
> configuration state. The metapackages on every box turn the "big
> switches" into "little switches" for the packages that they envelop. By
> developing in this way, we can add "big switches" as necessary to enable
> features for our customers, yet hide the complexity of the "little
> switches" inside each metapackage. Each metapackage begins with a
> "template" configuration, and proceeds to set the many little switches
> as appropriate for each big switch setting. This is enforced every time
> from the central configuration repository, and will override any local
> configuration changes (debugging and troubleshooting should happen at
> the edge, _not_ configuration).
>
So do you compile all your packages from source? And when you upgrade
machines you do so from your own repositories?
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