On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:16 PM, badgerious <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd like to define an FFI feature in a module so it can die gracefully on > older puppets > This seems reasonable, but how far back are you wanting to support? We've had FFI included since 3.3.2[1]. [1] https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/3.3.2/Gemfile#L54 > , but the question I have is this: Is it better to > > A) create a feature at 'puppet/feature/ffi.rb' and do something like: > > Puppet.features.add(:ffi, :libs => ['ffi']) > > B) create a feature at 'puppet/feature/my_module.rb' and then: > Puppet.features.add(:my_module, :libs => ['ffi']) > > It looks like if two modules have a feature file with the same name, > whichever one pluginsyncs first wins. > It seems more of an explicit namespace would be good. For option A, that seems like a good thing to add to Puppet proper. > > Poking through modules on the forge, it looks like features are not used > terribly often, and it seems unlikely that someone would create a file > 'ffi.rb' and then fill it with something other than an :ffi feature, but it > *is* a shared namespace, so I'm curious to know if anyone has any > experience that suggests a particular way. > > Thanks, > Eric > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/fb3c84ca-1bab-4476-9065-35f820b8d19d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/fb3c84ca-1bab-4476-9065-35f820b8d19d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Reynolds Developer, Puppet Labs *Join us at PuppetConf 2014 <http://www.puppetconf.com/>, September 20-24 in San Francisco* *Register by September 8th to take advantage of the Final Countdown <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/puppetconf-2014-tickets-7666774529?discount=FinalCountdown> * *--**save $149!* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CAMJiBK60diiH2GLKJkSJd5zgV7hC-pURvGuPZf4BbYHDGOOfNg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
