One last question: When you invoke a script with the 'script' module, can it return values? i.e., can I set changed=true/false, or invoke it with a "register" clause?
Lorin On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote: > The question in (A) means that modules must emit json, and key=value pairs > one per line are not acceptable module stdout any longer. > > The capability of modules to not take JSON for non-Python modules still is > around, ergo the WANT_JSON thing is still there. However, I can see this > eventually requiring JSON all the time, as most cases of folks wanting to > write something in bash can be replaced with the 'script' module easily > enough. > > The question in (B) is ... yes, by submitting a github pull request which > is a symlink. However -- we have more OpenStack renaming planned instead, > that will make things more like "os_floating_ip" instead, and stop using > some codenames. This is more of an Ansible-devel discussion to an extent, > Monty has weighed in with some suggestions on this in the future. We are > apt to continue the existing OpenStack modules for some time and deprecate > them, and this may result in slightly different and better unified module > parameters, and other related things as well. > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Lorin Hochstein < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Cool! I've got a couple of questions: >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:56:21 PM UTC-5, James Cammarata wrote: >>> >>> For developers writing modules: >>> >>> * The 'baby JSON' support in module responses, originally intended for >>> writing modules in bash, is removed as a feature to simplify logic, script >>> module remains available for running bash scripts. >>> >> >> Does this mean that Ansible always passes JSON to modules (no more # >> WANT_JSON), or does this mean that Ansible always expects modules to return >> JSON, or both, or something else? >> >> >> * added ability for shipped modules to have aliases with symlinks >>> >> >> Nice! Is there a mechanism for proposing aliases upstream? For example, >> if I wanted to submit an alias for the "quantum_floating_ip" as >> "neutron_floating_ip", can I submit a pull request with a symlink? Or is >> this strictly up to the downstream packages to create these type of >> symlinks? >> >> Lorin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/164e7e57-a875-4a96-9417-350c0392a670%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/164e7e57-a875-4a96-9417-350c0392a670%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/w1Uj8Jl1G3E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgzDXtaVDk_NwXirORxu3h3qE6oT8vpY1Wc_AVjR8OPD5g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgzDXtaVDk_NwXirORxu3h3qE6oT8vpY1Wc_AVjR8OPD5g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CACkJihNhbOMm1vKhoc8Pcvwswsf8RVSKJezu5QcesXHp7ENLhA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
