> There was a "not" missing from my earlier comment, sorry about the
> confusion. I don't have an opinion about the attribute, just a strong
> preference for a working URL :)

OK, understood !

> This has allowed our users to temporarily override these URLs without having to fork cookbooks when they change and it takes us a few days to update the cookbook.

This is a reason for me to use an attribute, but it's not absolutely necessary.

So how do you think @raygunsix , @jeroenj ?