Jira (PUP-1738) Resource provider should be able to specify suitability and weight

[Kylo Ginsberg (JIRA)]

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Kylo Ginsberg commented on an issue   Re: Resource provider should be able to specify suitability and weight I didn't follow all the discussion in https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/204, but FWIW as of 3.5.0 you can specify default providers using features (see https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/571b4468983d604e96752d9de8798d728de43d81/lib/puppet/provider.rb#L294-L305). E.g. this now works: defaultfor :feature => :posix (And yes it was an accident that it appeared to work for the one use in core puppet, sigh.) Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1738 Resource provider should be able to specify suitability and weight Currently a resource provider have two gaps: 1. We need the ability to specify a default provider without reliance on facts (see https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/204). 2. We need the ability to specify weight in the event multiple providers are suitable. Similar to facter, we should support a provider's ability to specify: {n... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.