Merge pull request #6236 from teepark/returner-doc-change

don't make it sound like returners prevent return data going back to the master
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Thomas S Hatch 2013-07-19 12:05:46 -07:00
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@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ Returners
By default the return values of the commands sent to the Salt minions are
returned to the salt-master. But since the commands executed on the Salt
minions are detached from the call on the Salt master, there is no need for
the minion to return the data to the Salt master.
minions are detached from the call on the Salt master, anything at all can be
done with the results data.
This is where the returner interface comes in. Returners are modules called
in place of returning the data to the Salt master.
in addition to returning the data to the Salt master.
The returner interface allows the return data to be sent to any system that
can receive data. This means that return data can be sent to a Redis server,