[systemd-devel] Extending os-release

[Mantas Mikulėnas]

Sounds like a better fit for /etc/machine-info, as it's really not a distro
thing.

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Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity at gmail.com>
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On Jul 7, 2014 10:41 PM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've noticed repeated problem through history where administrators seem to
> be struggling with clearly identify the server environment they are working
> in.
> Some try to come up with terminal colours associated with it, others use
> hostnaming scheme etc, so I was wondering if we could not solve that by
> introducing a new option to os-release called "ENVIRONMENT" which would be
> string that uniquely identifies the system environment in an three-tier
> server scheme as in Development, Staging, and Production ( or simply have
> it free for administrators own definition) as in
>
> ENVIRONMENT=Development
> ENVIRONMENT=Staging
> ENVIRONMENT=Production
>
> Thoughts?
>
> JBG
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