[systemd-devel] Deployment/environment names [was: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Add ENVIRONMENT to hostnamed]

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 07/08/2014 10:45 PM, Josh Triplett wrote:
> [Responding to this version because the latest thread hasn't appeared in
> the mbox archives yet.  The comments apply equally well to the latest
> version, "Add DEPLOYMENT to hostnamectl".]
>
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 12:38:50AM +0000, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
>> +static bool valid_environment(const char *environment) {
>> +
>> +        assert(environment);
>> +
>> +        return nulstr_contains(
>> +                        "development\0"
>> +                        "staging\0"
>> +                        "production\0",
>> +                        environment);
>> +}
> Can we please *not* attempt to limit or "standardize" this particular
> set of machine roles?  As already demonstrated in the previous thread,
> people have all sorts of staged deployment strategies.  Furthermore,
> the concept of a machine role shouldn't be limited to service deployment
> strategies.
>

Roles != the environment they run in.