So Ansible has the disadvantage of unclear, implicit dependencies. The undeterministic declarative system (Puppet) has the disadvantage of unclear, missing dep

So Ansible has the disadvantage of unclear, implicit dependencies. The undeterministic declarative system (Puppet) has the disadvantage of unclear, missing dependencies. I would prefer a deterministic system, so that I can validate the output by automated acceptance tests. Preferably, these tests also take into account the various upgrade paths (new->head and head^->head)