Issue #16856 has been updated by Andrew Parker. Status changed from In Topic Branch Pending Review to Needs More Information Assignee changed from Andrew Parker to R.I. Pienaar
I'm sorry, but I don't really understand the problems this is trying to solve. How is the current system making it 'impossible for module authors to supply data in their modules they can rely on'? What specific use cases are impossible right now that this new functionality would provide? I think what I'm looking for is specific examples of module setups that cannot be done now (or are done in a less than ideal manner and an explanation of why that isn't ideal) and how specifically this would help. ---------------------------------------- Feature #16856: puppet should support data in modules https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16856#change-79049 Author: R.I. Pienaar Status: Needs More Information Priority: Normal Assignee: R.I. Pienaar Category: Target version: Affected Puppet version: Keywords: Branch: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/1217 At present there is a way to store data in modules using the puppet backend for hiera but it is optional and kind of broken. The site hierarchy impacts how the puppet backend behaves which makes it impossible for module authors to supply data in their modules they can rely on I propose a new hiera backend that loads a hierarchy of data from the 'data' directory in the module, this module must always be present in a puppet install. This ability is key to the ability to create configurable forge modules that do not have hard coded values thanks to the puppet 3 hiera integration reference the users list thread https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/pvqzeyHkrY4/discussion -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
