Issue #16856 has been updated by Stefan Goethals.
Hello Andrew, Without this code, it is NOT possible to extend a module to support variables for F.I. different distributions without either: - modifying the module itself - Writing a wrapper module with multiple selectors to handle this. The first is highly undesirable as it defeats the whole forge/git purpose to be able u use and update modules. The second introduces a high level of complexity that is also very undesirable, certainly to people starting out with puppet who see the forge and the are extremely amazed that they have to start editing the installed modules. With it the module developer can expose all the class params to the module user and provide sensible defaults for all the os'es he knows and can test without limiting the module to those. To people using Hiera to separate code from variables in a consistent way this is the best thing that has happened to Puppet in a long time (for me in 4,5 years). Regards, Stefan - Zipkid - Goethals. ---------------------------------------- Feature #16856: puppet should support data in modules https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16856#change-79132 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.
