On 02/06/11 18:16, Jacob Helwig wrote: > We currently have to feature requests to add similar (or at least > overlapping) functionality to the Package type. > > #2247[1] - enablerepo and disablerepo for yum type > > #4113[2] - Provide a generic "options"-style parameter for packages. > > It seems like having #4113 would remove the need for having #2247, but I > wanted to get some wider opinions to make sure I wasn't ignoring some > use-case that would make this not the case.
The only use case I can't see being solved with #4113, is support for selecting a repo with the zypper package provider. It selects a repo by running "zypper install repo:package" (as I understand it), rather than as a separate command line option. > Personally, I think we should move forward on #4113 instead of #2247, > since #4113 seems like the more general solution, and isn't tied > directly to the yum provider. I'd prefer to see both. I don't think #2247 needs to be tied to yum as the same notion of selecting the source repository(s) applies to four other providers[1], not to mention the others that already have this ability via the "source" attribute to select a repository by URL. The difficulty might be how to design it so that it's generic enough, rather than using attributes named enablerepo and disablerepo (which I dislike, because they're so very yum-specific). I have a more detailed suggestion I can outline in another post.. [1] http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/2247#note-36 -- Dominic Cleal Red Hat Consulting m: +44 (0)7818 512168 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
