[robbyt]

If reasoning about explicit order of resources is too much for you, just enable the new resource ordering feature: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/configuration.h...

Then assign classes like: class{'ntp':}-> class{'ssh':}-> class{'other_stuff':}

problem solved?

[calpaterson]

Sure, except that once you're doing stuff like that, you might as well switch to a manifest-ordered tool like Ansible. Ordering isn't the only problem with Puppet, just the most serious.

[robbyt]

What are the other problems with Puppet?