[StarCluster] starcluster-extras plugin project on git --- PackageLoader

[Austin Godber]

Hi Justin,
     Yeah, thats fine by me.  If you want, you can cherrypick from what 
I have done and go from there.  Making it a proper package and doing 
whatever you see fit.  I didn't quite get the packaging done.  Same goes 
for automatically copying the cluster-install, which is on my TODO list 
in the README.  I had kinda thought that copying the cluster-install 
would be easier after I made it package, thus forcing some structure on 
the directory layout ...

     Also, how on earth would I write a test for something like this 
plugin?  Seems messy.

     Just gimme a holler with instructions once you have em.

Austin

On 10/23/2010 12:49 PM, Justin Riley wrote:
>    Austin,
>
> The starcluster-extras project is a good idea. I'm thinking about making
> a starcluster-plugins project instead and having folks fork off that for
> committing plugin code so that it's easier for me to absorb plugins into
> the main code base (in the starcluster.plugins module) once they're been
> tested and documented thoroughly. Would you be willing to use this model
> instead of the starcluster-extras project you've created?
>
> Also, concerning your package installer plugin, it doesn't appear that
> your plugin installs the 'cluster-install' script on the cluster so that
> it can be used locally after, say, an sshmaster command. The plugin
> should probably be modified to copy the script to /usr/bin and make it
> executable. Nice plugin, thanks for sharing!
>
> ~Justin
>
> On 10/22/10 4:03 PM, Austin Godber wrote:
>> Hello Folks,
>>        I have just pushed the starcluster plugin I was working on to a
>> project on git.  This is where I will push any plugins I add:
>>
>> http://github.com/godber/starcluster-extras
>>
>> There is only one plugin at the moment, the README is fairly
>> descriptive, but to save you from clicking, what it does is provides a
>> way to automatically install packages on cluster nodes.  Rather than
>> specifying the package in a plugin configuration list (like the sample
>> plugin) I wrote a wrapper script, 'cluster-install', that you use to
>> install packages on the cluster ... this will install the packages on
>> all of the nodes, as well as record the set of packages on the cluster
>> in /home/.starcluster-packages.  This file will be used to setup the
>> nodes on the next cluster launch.
>>
>> For those who are interested, I'd be happy to discuss it more.  Email me
>> or the list.
>>
>> Austin
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