Issue #2247 has been updated by Mark Bainter.

Nigel Kersten wrote:
> I'm sorry if that's how it came across, but moving it away from Accepted 
> doesn't mean I'm rejecting it.
> 
> The move to "Needs More Information" indicated that I didn't think we had 
> enough information scoped out to hand this to a developer, not that I'm 
> rejecting it. I did so at the same time as I asked a question about other 
> package types, which I thought made it clear I was looking for more 
> information to scope the work.


I appreciate what you're saying, and James is probably right that Ben's post 
was a little harsh.  However I think you guys need to consider that this is a 
key aspect of how many of us have to manage our RPM based systems.  RedHat 
simply doesn't cover everything that is needed, and some software just can't be 
left at the release versions they provide.  As others have stated, we also 
can't just leave them enabled for a stray install or update/upgrade to wreak 
havoc on production systems.  

This ticket has been open for nearly TWO YEARS.  That's two years of our 
hacking around this notable limitation.  That's two years of the ticket status 
suggesting it was about to get implemented - and then be pushed off because 
suddenly you guys weren't sure or decided this or that piece of information 
wasn't available in the ticket yet.  It's been very frustrating.  If it hadn't 
been for the number of notifications on this one I wouldn't have even bothered 
to click through because I just assumed the updates were you guys pushing it 
off again.

Take that into account when you read Ben's post.  While objectively Ben's post 
had a harsh tone, I think if you consider the position of the users struggling 
with this problem it's not really surprising.
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Feature #2247: enablerepo and disablerepo for yum type
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/2247

Author: Ben -
Status: Needs More Information
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: package
Target version: 
Affected Puppet version: 0.24.8
Keywords: yum
Branch: 


it would be nice to be able to enable a disabled repo for the installation on 
one package.

for example installing facter from EPEL.

something like;

<pre>
package { "facter": ensure => installed, enablerepo => [ "epel", "epel-testing" 
]; }
</pre>


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