lib/deputy.rb in deputy-0.1.42 vs lib/deputy.rb in deputy-0.1.43

@@ -98,10 +98,12 @@
       end
     end
   end
 
   def self.run_plugins
+    sleep_random_interval
+
     content = get("/plugins.rb")
 
     Scout.plugins(content).each do |interval, plugin|
       run_every_n_minutes = interval/60
       minutes_to_wait = run_every_n_minutes - (START_MINUTE % run_every_n_minutes)
@@ -143,9 +145,23 @@
     home = File.expand_path('~')
     ["#{home}/.deputy.yml", '/etc/deputy.yml'].each do |file|
       return YAML.load(File.read(file)) if File.exist?(file)
     end
     raise "No deputy.yml found in /etc or #{home}"
+  end
+
+  def self.sleep_random_interval
+    if max = config['max_random_start_delay']
+      constant_number = Socket.gethostname.sum{|x| x[0]}
+      sleep seeded_random(max, constant_number)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.seeded_random(max_rand, seed)
+    old = srand(seed)
+    result = rand(max_rand)
+    srand(old)
+    result
   end
 
   # stolen from klarlack -- http://github.com/schoefmax/klarlack
   # to get an reliable timeout that wont fail on other platforms
   # or if sytem_timer is missing
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