Thanks for the input Erin and Sumit, looks like I'll t= ry the python route.

Thanks!

-Chris

On Thu, Mar = 20, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Sumit Mohanty <smohanty@hortonworks.com&g= t; wrote:

In fact the python support = makes it much much easier to to add custom services and custom scripts. So = I will encourage you to try that and provide feedback.

Python support is at par with puppet support and so its= mature..

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Erin Boyd <eboyd@redhat.= com> wrote:

It's my understanding that the idea is to move away from puppet to Pyth= on in order to ease testing and deployment of singular components within th= e stack.
I believe the release for 1.5.0 is going to be in April.
I also believe the changes for python (using the new services architecture)= has been back ported all the way to 1.3, therefore you shoudl be able to d= eploy those stacks using 1.5.

Erin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Mildebrandt" <chris@woodenrhino.com>
To: user@ambari= .apache.org, dev@ambari.apache.org
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 12:21:12 PM
Subject: Creating new stacks and services....target 1.4.x or 1.5?

Hey all,

We'd like to create a custom stack and scripts for managing components.=
>From my initial searching, I see support for both puppet and python right now in the 1.5 branch, and 1.4.x is purely puppet. So, I have the following=
questions:

1) Does this reflect a movement away from puppet in the future, like in
1.6.x?
2) How mature will the python support be once 1.5 is released?
3) What is the expected release date of 1.5?
4) Will I continue to be able to deploy HDP 1.3.x and 2.0.x using Ambari 1.5?

Since we're just starting out, I'd like to make sure we're movi= ng in a
direction that will be supported for quite some time. And personally I'= d
rather use python rather than puppet. Can someone shed some light on the direction so I can make an informed decision for my code?

Thanks,
-Chris

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